Furlough and Holiday Pay

Carlisle1967

Hello All

Does anyone have a definitive answer to the following situation?

A employee is working full time when they are furloughed in March 2020.

They were furloughed until the end of September 2021.

They were only paid the furlough payment for the entire period.

Do they still have their holiday entitlement from Apr2020 - Apr2021 and if so how many days?

Would the above if any was due be fully paid days?

How much holiday entitlement have they got from Apr2021 - Dec 2021?

Is there a limit when any of these days would need to be taken if they have any owed?

Thank You.

Marcon

Carlisle1967 said:

Hello All

Does anyone have a definitive answer to the following situation?

A employee is working full time when they are furloughed in March 2020.

They were furloughed until the end of September 2021.

They were only paid the furlough payment for the entire period.

Do they still have their holiday entitlement from Apr2020 - Apr2021 and if so how many days?

Would the above if any was due be fully paid days?

How much holiday entitlement have they got from Apr2021 - Dec 2021?

Is there a limit when any of these days would need to be taken if they have any owed?

Thank You.

See https://www.acas.org.uk/coronavirus/using-holiday
 
What does their contract say?

Carlisle1967

28 days a year including bank holidays.

Marcon

Carlisle1967 said:

28 days a year including bank holidays.

What does the contract say about the other issues highlighted - particularly whether they can carry forward any unused days?

Carlisle1967

You have to take the holiday entitlement from the year, It cannot be carried over.

However they were told that no holiday could be taken whilst on furlough.

General_Grant

Carlisle1967 said:

You have to take the holiday entitlement from the year, It cannot be carried over.

However they were told that no holiday could be taken whilst on furlough.

In that case, they had to make arrangements for their employee to take the holiday.  They cannot simply refuse to allow them to take statutory leave.
Because of Covid, if statutory holiday entitlement is not taken it can be carried forward but not lost.

Savvy_Sue

Marcon said:

What does the contract say about the other issues highlighted - particularly whether they can carry forward any unused days?

Carlisle1967 said:

You have to take the holiday entitlement from the year, It cannot be carried over.

However they were told that no holiday could be taken whilst on furlough.

Normally you can't carry leave forward, but I think a Covid exception to this has been allowed. It's along the same lines as if you're on maternity or sick leave, and can't take all your leave within the right year, you have to be allowed to carry it forward.