Not allowed to take any holiday in June at work

I can't take July off or the two weeks over the Christmas period.

Just go sick. Workplaces have no loyalty now so show non back.
They cant prove anything.

School holidays usually start end of july, so why not go early July??

We have this with DH. His company holds a major conference in September every year. Since the DC have left school that would be my preferred holiday time but we can only ever do a week and it has to fit around the conference. It's been like that for years and drives me mad.

We just have to suck it up though.

It's really not!

If this is part of what your job requires then I can’t see the issue. We have times we can’t request leave as well.

you can come up with a plan for how your work would be covered and try again, or just go away in August or September.

YABU. It’s incredibly common and it sounds like there is a very good business reason. May and September are hot in a lot of countries if that’s what you want, and early July is often not summer holiday price.

Go mid May before half term at the end of May. Southern Europe is definitely hot by then. I’m going on holiday at the start of April and it’s looking at 20+ which is warm enough for me. We’ve been on many a May Half Term holiday in the past and it has been more or less 25+ in Spain, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, South of France. Just go the week before and you’ll be fine. Significantly cheaper than July/Aug which is why we chose it in the past (before DC hit school exam years)

If this is the only restriction around holidays it’s not unreasonable. It’s only one month of the year.

If you want the weather more guaranteed or hotter u cld go further afield like the Canary Islands where the May will still be lovely and pretty hot.

Ive worked in places where the manager restricted the holidays and even certain times of every month. Thankfully new mgr came in and said no we just need cover not a ban on holidays during those days every month, that’s ridiculous.

My DH has also worked for companies that say you can’t have any time off in December.

When I worked in retail, all leave had to be booked in January for the whole year. No leave could be taken Sept to January, two weeks had to be taken in the Summer.

My job is flexible now thank goodness. I don't take time off during end of year and cover Christmas and Easter.

Not really an issue, is it. There are plenty of other times you can go away.

There are loads of places that will be warm in May or September / October. Spain, Turkey, Portugal, Italy. Its the limitation of your job. If you dont like it then start looking for another job. Most employers have limits on when you can take leave.

Go in September it’s still warm

I work in an accounts practice and it's built into our employment contracts that we can't take time off in January.

I have managed it in the past, but it was with 12 months' notice and was for a wedding abroad that I was bridesmaid in. If it had just been for a holiday I imagine it would have been declined.

I had plenty of time to make sure that my work was able to be completed without making anyone else's life difficult in my absence.

It's perfectly normal I'm afraid and allowed. Employers can officially tell you when you can take your annual leave.

I don't have kids and always time my holidays for September/October nowadays. Cheaper plus decent weather still in most places that you'd otherwise like to go in summer months.

Tbh, you’re part of the organisational team ….did you not think it might be a bit unreasonable to ask for time off fully knowing that June was the busiest time? You’ve also have the other 11 months of the year to take holiday when it’s more convenient 🤷🏼‍♀️
A lot of seasonal businesses have this and have to juggle commitments and holidays

It will be so obvious if you pull a sickie now, I wouldn't recommend doing that.

Options are you either look for a new job with more flexible working , or go on holiday at a different time of the year. The start of September will be just as good weather wise for most places.

We have no restrictions but I have a really busy job with events so I plan my holiday around this, as theoretically I could just take off but it wouldn't be fair.

I work in finance/accounting so not only are there large parts of the year I cannot take off, i also have to work with month end period timetables each month. There are only about 3 months of the year that are good to take off (feb, nov and Aug) and none of those are desirable holiday months! So I think one month restriction doesn't sound too bad!

I had this a few years ago due to a project and we couldn’t have time off for several months. It was communicated well in advance, there was a process for exceptions which had to be submitted 6 months in advance so everyone on project adhered to that. What notice did they give you

Why can’t you go away in September or right at the beginning of July before the schools break up? I don’t think I’ve ever worked anywhere in over 50 years of working where I had the right to take time off when I wanted - leave was always granted depending on the requirements of my employer.

It sounds frustrating but unfortunately they are well within their rights to enforce this. It’s part of your job to be there in June. Just work around it. September is a lovely time of year to go away in Europe. I’d do a week then and a long city break in May.

Or go somewhere that is warm in May. Morroco, Canaries, Turkey, Cyprus, S.Africa..especially if you go at the end of May. Greece will be warming up then (though not guaranteed).

My company don’t allow time off during school holidays. We’re a Building Maintenance company who work on school buildings! So, no time off during school holidays and authorities will fine us when we take our kids out of school!

It is cheaper than late July-early Sept, but it is more expensive than June.

In a previous retail job no annual leave was allowed in November, December or January. Unfortunately as long as you do get enough time to be able to take your legally enforced holidays then employers are allowed to do this. My sympathies though.

may is fine for sunny places-my dh cant take any al in deember it is what it is