Holiday entitlement

pelirocco

Md56cx said:

The problem his, it is near impossible to book time off, due to how many staff can be off at one time. We are asked to take annual leave on the day we work without any notice, while we are there. Instead of doing a full day only half of one. 

this is minimum notice they have to give before saying you have to take a days leave 
not sure what it is off the top of my head

getmore4less

pelirocco said:

Md56cx said:

The problem his, it is near impossible to book time off, due to how many staff can be off at one time. We are asked to take annual leave on the day we work without any notice, while we are there. Instead of doing a full day only half of one. 

this is minimum notice they have to give before saying you have to take a days leave 
not sure what it is off the top of my head

Statutory notice for 1/2 day would be 1 day 

Contract can reduce that to zero.

jobbingmusician

pelirocco said:

Md56cx said:

The problem his, it is near impossible to book time off, due to how many staff can be off at one time. We are asked to take annual leave on the day we work without any notice, while we are there. Instead of doing a full day only half of one. 

this is minimum notice they have to give before saying you have to take a days leave 
not sure what it is off the top of my head

Yes, this is correct.  They cannot simply send you home and tell you to take the afternoon as leave.  For any leave where they specify when it is to be taken, they have to tell you in advance, with a notice period which is at least twice the length of the leave they are requiring you to take.  So if they wanted you to take Friday afternoon as AL, for example, they would have to tell you by Thursday lunchtime - they cannot simply announce this on Friday morning.  See https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights/booking-time-off-

The bit I am referring to reads as follows.

'Employers can:

• tell their staff to take leave, for example bank holidays or Christmas
• restrict when leave can be taken, for example at certain busy periods

There may be rules about this in the employment contract or it may be what normally happens in the workplace.

The notice period for this is at least twice as long as the leave they want their staff to take. The employer must tell the worker before the notice period begins.'

Md56cx

Well they have been asking people to do that while they are on there shift. That is one of my concerns, I don't want to waste annual leave by going home for half a day. I have read that they suppose to give notice to staff. But they have not been doing it. 

jobbingmusician

Can you guess what I'm going to ask next?

How long have you worked there?

Md56cx

I have worked there long enough. When fellow employees have worked there for more than ten years and they have had the same letter. It makes your question seem irrelevant. 

getmore4less

jobbingmusician said:

pelirocco said:

Md56cx said:

The problem his, it is near impossible to book time off, due to how many staff can be off at one time. We are asked to take annual leave on the day we work without any notice, while we are there. Instead of doing a full day only half of one. 

this is minimum notice they have to give before saying you have to take a days leave 
not sure what it is off the top of my head

Yes, this is correct.  They cannot simply send you home and tell you to take the afternoon as leave.  For any leave where they specify when it is to be taken, they have to tell you in advance, with a notice period which is at least twice the length of the leave they are requiring you to take.  So if they wanted you to take Friday afternoon as AL, for example, they would have to tell you by Thursday lunchtime - they cannot simply announce this on Friday morning.  See https://www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights/booking-time-off-

The bit I am referring to reads as follows.

'Employers can:

• tell their staff to take leave, for example bank holidays or Christmas
• restrict when leave can be taken, for example at certain busy periods

There may be rules about this in the employment contract or it may be what normally happens in the workplace.

The notice period for this is at least twice as long as the leave they want their staff to take. The employer must tell the worker before the notice period begins.'

The contract can override that notice period.

Contract terms can reduce the notice period to zero.

A sensible employer would give notice before the period to avoid unnecessary travel.