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Not allowed to take any holiday in June at work

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exhaustedandwholly · 27/03/2025 12:01

Due to the nature of my job, we have a lot of events happening in June which I help organise etc. I've requested a few days in June for a holiday and they've been declined and been told we cannot request any time in June due to how busy it will be. It frustrates me because this is the only time we can really go away before summer holidays start otherwise July is too expensive (we haven't got kids) and may isn't hot enough in most places.

Does anyone else have these issues?!

OP posts:
Blackbookofsmiles1 · 27/03/2025 12:08

That’s what sick days are for

HelplessSoul · 27/03/2025 12:07

Fuck it, go off sick.

Dotjones · 27/03/2025 12:06

Yeah, I had to cancel my holiday last year after it had previously been approved and nobody was allowed to take time off between May and September. Which inevitably led to the business being in deep trouble come the Autumn because everyone was taking their annual leave at the same time because we aren't allowed to carry it over to the following year and had to fit it all in before 1st January.

It's shit but employment laws favour the employer. They are allowed to specify when you are allowed to take holiday to the extent they could insist everyone in the company had to take all their leave in November each year if they wanted.

They can cancel holiday they've previously agreed too and are under no obligation to refund you if it means you're out of pocket for the trip to Disneyland that you're no longer able to take.

AquaPeer · 27/03/2025 12:04

Yes it’s common in my profession to have closed periods where you can’t take holiday.

can you give them a plan showing how the events take place without you there and without resource needed to cover your role? You do them them realising they can do without you though 😭

Noshowlomo · 27/03/2025 12:02

That is really shit. Pull a sicky