to want time off work

By cancelling your own leave and working when Ill you’re enabling your employer to ignore the issue. Take some time off sick and they’ll have to sort it out.

Whilst not the outcome you wanted, I hope having some certainty and being able to plan to some extent helps a small amount.

you are entitled to holiday pay for the days they agreed you could carry over ( I hope that is in writing print it out if in email form so they can't delete it) if being made redudant at end of April you are entilted to 4/12 of this years holiday entitlement ( minimum would be 9.3 days) assuming it runs on calendar year.

you need to confirm in writing that if you don't take these days it will be added on to your final pay , if not; you need to take these days before end of April, do not work for free, also don't do overtime unless it is paid between now and then

You have to make sure you’re going to get paid for every day of the holidays you haven’t taken/have cancelled.

Do that while you still have time to take them if they don’t pay you

So sorry this has happened to you

But the likelihood is that you won't get paid these holidays because you just didn't bother taking them... you will likely lose them. They won't allow you to accrue holidays you just didn't take.

You originally said they wouldn't allow holidays during the period til redundancy and now you are changing to you just want the money instead?

Also, you said in an earlier post pre redundancy that you would be looking for a new job anyway so I'm sure you won't be out of work indefinitely.

Given the update about redundancy, get it in writing that you have a specific number of days holidays accrued and that you have been unable to take, and their express written agreement that these will be paid as part of the settlement at the end.

Don't be ridiculous.

In a trade off between competing stressors, it may well be that OP has decided that she can push through to a known end point and maximise her financial security post-redundancy rather than taking the leave a few weeks earlier and reducing the cushion she has to live on while finding another job.

I'm so sorry OP. Sounds like they've been stringing you along knowing this was coming.

What do you think will happen if you take a week off? I’d imagine either others will step in or you will come back to a shed load of emails.
There are lots of jobs where there is no cover when people are off sick or on leave.
No job is worth making yourself ill or burn out for. What would you say to a friend in your position? I am sure you’d tell them to take a break. Be a friend to yourself and have a holiday. Please.

How bloody insensitive, the op is losing her job and is probably concerned about where the money is coming from

Sorry it's resulted in this outcome. I hope you find a better job soon

So you're obviously not as stressed as you make out? If you were you'd be using your holidays

Or take your holidays and stop being a martyr?

Is there an HR team? I’d make sure I had it in writing about redundancy pay and pay for remaining leave. You are still entitled to take your leave redundancy date or not.

Or if they refuse and you’re being made redundant anyway, get them to put the leave refusal in writing.

Then take another week sick leave.

Do you get paid sick leave?

Honestly you can’t continue working like this in a job that isn’t even permanent now. 💐

Then the rest of this month and the next is holiday. You have to agree for them to pay you for it?

if you don’t agree you stop going in, it’s now all holiday until your end date right?

OP your health is so important and your company don’t really care about you.

I don’t think you’ve done yourself any favours by cancelling leave and coming in sick as it doesn’t force their hand to realise you need cover and help.

I’m glad you took the week sick now though. The fact they had to stop trading means their set up is untenable and that is completely on them.

Continue to take days off when you’re ill - not your problem. Book the time off and take it. I’d also be having a meeting with HR and the management about how this is managed going forward.

The fact you have been so compliant hasn’t helped. You need to force their hand.

Could you suggest someone from your teams acts up as temporary cover?

There was no confusion. You just quoted me where I said "OP cancelled annual leave".

You're entitled to leave whether you sit in your bedroom all day or go on a holiday. You absolutely do not need to cancel leave to suit your employer who very clearly doesn't give a crap about your mental health.

It will lead to burnout. You've said you can't even afford a holiday so I highly doubt you are earning hundreds of thousands.

I say this as a semi workaholic (I'm getting better)... if you left or took ill, they would have forgotten you in a few days. It's crap! Don't bend over backwards for employers who treat you like a machine.

Enjoy your time off

Just echoing on from what others have said. You can acknowledge now that you made that mistake of cancelling your annual leave and feeling like they can’t cope without you. It is very true that being a martyr doesn’t get you anywhere. If anything cover ends up getting pushed back because they know you’ll just continue doing it all…

From now on you start taking your annual leave and more importantly if you don’t get help from work / cover you need to find a new job. Start being assertive x

Yes, I understand that they meant cancelled annual leave.

But the OP chose to cancel leave instead of taking their entitlement. The entire first part of the thread is about that.

What would happen if you got hit by a bus? They'd replace you or find a way to get by until you could come back. Legally, you're entitled to a break. We all need a break from work. Book it in for when it's a quieter period if that helps you feel less anxious about it.