People who don’t take annual leave and prefer to work?

route101

Had a few at one of my workplaces, usually single men. They would take maybe a week off at most, didnt go on holiday, gamed or watched netflix. I was young and single, and was it was strange to my co workers to go on holiday or go daytrips.

Mickey666

getmore4less said:

The problem is my co workers don’t take annual leave, they work and then the boss pays them at the end of the year. 

Paying for unused statutory holiday pay is not legal.

Can that really be true?
Statutory holidays are an employees right, but they are surely not mandatory?  If an employee freely chooses to work instead of taking their holiday entitlement, are you saying it's illegal for them to be paid for that work?  Sounds very odd to me.

getmore4less

Mickey666 said:

getmore4less said:

The problem is my co workers don’t take annual leave, they work and then the boss pays them at the end of the year. 

Paying for unused statutory holiday pay is not legal.

Can that really be true?
Statutory holidays are an employees right, but they are surely not mandatory?  If an employee freely chooses to work instead of taking their holiday entitlement, are you saying it's illegal for them to be paid for that work?  Sounds very odd to me.

Yep it is against the law to buy out statutory holidays.

There is a right to have the option to carry over up to 1.6 weeks.

Covid  legislation ammended that so more can be carried over.

All in the working time regulations that cover holiday pay.

There is a right to be paid for untaken holidays when leaving and there have been successfully cases back dating when the employee was refused holiday.

JustAnotherSaver

route101 said:

strange to my co workers

Funny how everyone is different. I get asked after i take time off work where I've been. Many people take days at a time. To me that's a waste. As soon as you're off you're back in again and you don't get a suitable break from the place, so I take week blocks (usually).

And i'll say - nowhere really. Just stayed at home.

The look of confusion on their faces. What, so you didn't go anywhere?

No

Then what's the point in taking time off?

Well to not be here, basically.

I may go away on one of the weeks but generally just potter about the house doing jobs on the other weeks that i take that i can't be bothered doing at the end of a 60 hour week because i'm too knackered.

My setup will be foreign to many others. As i say, each to their own.

Apintplease

I work for a small family business, the two lasses I work with have been there since day one, helped build up the business and are happy to work 7 days a week and 12/14 hour days when needed

I work there part time and whilst Im loyal and flexible - I put the extra hours in when required - I take most of my holidays, even though I only work 3 days a week,

It is difficult to get holidays, we dont get the bank holidays on the days they fall, they are part of our entitlement, we might if we are lucky get half day. We cant take holidays in December, June, July,August, or around Easter, Mothers day, Fathers day etc etc

Then if a full timer takes off, Im required to work to fill the gap

Mostly holiday is taken if sick ( we only get SSP otherwise ) I probably get to take 10 days a year, the rest is paid

Theres probably about 5 of us in the work place that use as much of our holidays as we can, the rest - the youngsters, esp these past 18months prefer to be paid

And whilst being paid is illegal, if it benefits both the employer and employee, no one is complaining so it goes on

thebrexitunicorn

The reason that it’s unlawful to pay staff for leave which hasn’t been used is to encourage people to take the leave. Paid annual leave is included in the working time directive as a health and safety measure for workers and employees. 

As someone above mentioned, the only exception is when the person is leaving the employment.  

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JustAnotherSaver said:

route101 said:

strange to my co workers

Funny how everyone is different. I get asked after i take time off work where I've been. Many people take days at a time. To me that's a waste. As soon as you're off you're back in again and you don't get a suitable break from the place, so I take week blocks (usually).

And i'll say - nowhere really. Just stayed at home.

The look of confusion on their faces. What, so you didn't go anywhere?

No

Then what's the point in taking time off?

Well to not be here, basically.

I may go away on one of the weeks but generally just potter about the house doing jobs on the other weeks that i take that i can't be bothered doing at the end of a 60 hour week because i'm too knackered.

My setup will be foreign to many others. As i say, each to their own.

Oh yes that attitude is in our place too. You only take holidays if you’re going somewhere and what’s more it has to be a foreign holiday can’t be a caravan on the coast has to be abroad. 

TELLIT01

There is a difference between people either loving the job or having nothing to do outside work and wanting to work all the time, and the situation the OP is in.  He is being criticised by the boss for wanting to take his annual leave entitlement and it seems the boss is doing his best to make it difficult to take leave.

Over the years I've had jobs I loved but I still wanted time away from them, and jobs I haven't enjoyed much and wanted time away from those even more.

Bonniepurple

It depends on a variety of factors.  I work part time, with a day off midweek, and I find I’m much less tired that way than 4 days straight through.  My boss has asked me if I want annual leave over Easter and I’ve said no - because this year at least, there’s nothing to do - and I suspect I will enjoy closing the door on the family chaos over the break!  In a normal year, I’d probably take a few days off - but working in Finance, Year End is always a priority.  In the past, I’ve taken days off here and there, and then a week off in the summer and autumn.  

Doshwaster

route101 said:

Had a few at one of my workplaces, usually single men. They would take maybe a week off at most, didnt go on holiday, gamed or watched netflix. I was young and single, and was it was strange to my co workers to go on holiday or go daytrips.

We once had a young chap who even when he was told to take a weeks holiday would still pop into the office every day to see if anything needed doing because he was bored at home and would just hang around the break room until he was told to go home.