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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Is it wrong. My company have told me if that if the Government suggest a 2 week fire break & put us in semi lockdown. They expect the time off to be used as holiday??
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"Is it wrong. My company have told me if that if the Government suggest a 2 week fire break & put us in semi lockdown. They expect the time off to be used as holiday??
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No it's not wrong and it's lawful. They're your employer after all and need to protect their business, which you do not run. So yes, absolutely an employer can choose when an employee/worker can take annual leave. However, adequate notice needs to be given. As a general rule, an employer needs to give twice as much notice as the amount of holiday being taken. For example, if an employer wishes the employee/worker to take 5 days holiday, 10 days’ notice needs to be provided.
Some special legislation was passed in March last year, however, allowing employees to carry more leave forward than usual....in the interests of sorting this kind of thing out amicably, which most decent employers will be interested in doing.
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By *iss.ddWoman
over a year ago
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Legal but unfair....but, I'd rather "waste" my holiday then lose my job and try to find a new one in a lockdown.
Kind of a suck it up or deal with the consequences kinda situation isn't it |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We don't know what the restrictions will be yet. Work may or may not be restricted.
A total lockdown means furlough, and the Goverment will be keen to avoid that.
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Furlough isn't a legal requirement either I'm afraid |
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By *ercuryMan
over a year ago
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"We don't know what the restrictions will be yet. Work may or may not be restricted.
A total lockdown means furlough, and the Goverment will be keen to avoid that.
Furlough isn't a legal requirement either I'm afraid "
True but it is a vote winner. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"We don't know what the restrictions will be yet. Work may or may not be restricted.
A total lockdown means furlough, and the Goverment will be keen to avoid that.
Furlough isn't a legal requirement either I'm afraid
True but it is a vote winner. "
Boris did furlough for over a year? But now they want his head on a stick.....not really vote winning now |
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By *ad66Couple
over a year ago
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"Is it wrong. My company have told me if that if the Government suggest a 2 week fire break & put us in semi lockdown. They expect the time off to be used as holiday??
So the company won't be applying for furloughed payment then?
No it's not wrong and it's lawful. They're your employer after all and need to protect their business, which you do not run. So yes, absolutely an employer can choose when an employee/worker can take annual leave. However, adequate notice needs to be given. As a general rule, an employer needs to give twice as much notice as the amount of holiday being taken. For example, if an employer wishes the employee/worker to take 5 days holiday, 10 days’ notice needs to be provided.
Some special legislation was passed in March last year, however, allowing employees to carry more leave forward than usual....in the interests of sorting this kind of thing out amicably, which most decent employers will be interested in doing.
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By *otMe66Man
over a year ago
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"Is it wrong. My company have told me if that if the Government suggest a 2 week fire break & put us in semi lockdown. They expect the time off to be used as holiday??
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What would the situation be if it wasn't taken as holiday? Would you expect to get paid or unpaid? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If you go to a job interview your asking to be looked after . The employer will Deem you suitable or not. If successful at interview you then become an employee. The employer has a duty to look after your well-being under contract and you as an employee have a duty to look after your employers interests . |
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"We don't know what the restrictions will be yet. Work may or may not be restricted.
A total lockdown means furlough, and the Goverment will be keen to avoid that.
Furlough isn't a legal requirement either I'm afraid
True but it is a vote winner.
Boris did furlough for over a year? But now they want his head on a stick.....not really vote winning now "
Without the furlough scheme, nearly every person who wound up on it would have been made redundant by their company , doing incredible damage to the economy and the state would still have to fund their employment benefit. I think it was necessary rather than political. |
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"If you are sick during annual leave, you will get to have your annual leave to be taken at a different date.  "
Absolutely. That's only fair to the genuinely sick. If however you're malingering, you can expect to be fired for gross misconduct.
Not to mention, the appalling waste of doctors' time pressurising them into writing 'fake' notes in the middle of a global pandemic. |
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"Is it wrong. My company have told me if that if the Government suggest a 2 week fire break & put us in semi lockdown. They expect the time off to be used as holiday??
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As long as they don’t expect you to wfh at all during that period of that’s even possible for your role then yes they can do that |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I would speak to your colleagues as well because a friend of mine had this a few days ago and does have holiday left however one of his colleagues doesn't. The employer is going to pay those that don't have any holiday left but enforce holiday on those that do. Seems exceptionally unfair. |
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