How late is too late for annual leave?

[OhFFSDH]

Trying not to be a CF here but has anyone ever booked it the same week?

AIBU?

We don’t have any particular notification requirements. They just care that deadlines are being met. I don’t have to worry about anyone covering for me if I am out though. If I am not there, the work just sits until I return. Same for my coworkers.

Depends on the employers policy,

My last job it was 6 weeks notice for any annual leave,
This one its a week notice for less than a week, and a month for anything over a week.

I think its fairly nornal that anything over two weeks consecutive needs special permission

Depends on workplace. My current job I could take tomorrow off it I didn't have anything booked in.

Sometimes yes, but then I have a carers passport thing that lets me do that at short notice due to DH's ill health. I wouldn't book more than one day off in the same week other than for that reason, mainly because it would irritate me if someone else did it without having a good reason.

@ubercorndiscoball - I couldn't live with that level of life regimenation, :)

I generally give at least twice the length of the holiday - and have to avoid clashes.

For holidays (where people will be actually off travelling) people/I tend to book pretty far in advance to ensure the time off. We can however request annual leave at very short notice on the understanding that if we can cover /.
cope with lack of staff it will be granted - but if not you will need to come in. Our team is VERY flexible and help each other cover the unit so we try and be as flexible back if possible. This approach has also reduced sickness levels - we/they understand that sometimes people just need a duvet day / have stuff that just crops up.

6wk notice needed
Can't take more than 2 weeks consecutive
Can't have more than one person off at any one time so have to use half my allowance during term time when I can't go anywhere and find 3 weeks extra holiday cover

When I was in retail it was usually either before the Rota went up so 4 weeks or at the latest 2 weeks. But manager was quite flexible if there were enough staff to cover in very short notice. Other shops manager not so flexible and the rule was if there was less than 2 weeks notice you found your own cover for it but still had to get the ok from her to do so.

A month in advance here. You can sometimes get the odd day off at shorter notice but it's dependant on there being enough staff to cover (and of course you having enough leave!)

We're in retail and need enough cover every day.

am extremely jealous! My work have just asked for holiday bookings up to April 2020!

[shocked]. How on earth can anyone plan that far ahead? My husband can get leave without notice as long as there is cover, thankfully as we are quite spontaneous when it comes to booking holidays!

The odd day or afternoon we could get away with doing it on the day as long as it wasn't a regular thing.

A week - they'd want a week or so's notice in most cases, but do use common sense (so if there is a particular reason such as childcare falling through, a surprise family visit etc..)

Obviously, excluding our busy times or when lots of other staff are off, but in generally I think it polices itself quite well.

Wow. Some right miserable workplaces here!

Just ask OP. The worst thing they can do is say "no".

8 weeks here (was 6 but policy has changed recently) once it is approved there is a huge list of people of need to be told. It's a total PITA TBH. Can't believe some of these next day places !!

We can ask day before but depends on work loads and who is in etc whether you can take it off.

There's no rule where I work, so in theory you could ask for 2 weeks off tomorrow and as long as there were enough people in to cover it wouldn't be a problem.

For those of us doing frontline work, it's utterly impractical to take leave at short notice. Most of us have appointments booked for 2 weeks ahead. We have to allocate every client a worker who can provide any support while we're off. Everyone is always working at capacity, so that means calling in favours. Then you have to do handover notes, let all other agencies involved know who's covering, give every client contact details for the staff member who's covering, write up that you've done that and who it is and so on. My colleague swears it takes at least 2 weeks to prepare for a 2 week holiday.

Today will be my first day back after a fortnight off. I've just looked at my work phone. I have over 200 emails, 18 voicemails and I daren't even look at the texts ...

DH has to book all leave in for the following year in October. Which is a bastard, as the new school calander isn't released til November, so we have no idea what the first day of term is, or when the Christmas holidays are (and they do change - we had 3 weeks last Christmas, 1 week this Christmas....). And then the company reserve the right to canel his leave up to the day before. I hate this country (well, this company this country).

Wow. Some right miserable workplaces here!

Whether it's miserable or not surely depends on the workplace? Lots of places require a minimum number of staff to operate - so you can't just let everyone take days off at the last minute!

We don't allow more than two full-time members off staff to be off at once. It's to ensure we have adequate coverage for breaks/lunches and to ensure everyone gets the days off they're entitled to. It's less miserable and more sensible/practical!

I'd say not a CF to ask, but keep in mind they may need to turn it down if they can't get appropriate cover.

I have to give 2 weeks notice but I have to have cover for my role.

However, if I had to go to a funeral or something I am sure they would be amenable. I can also work from home if necessary so that deals with the broken boiler scenario.

Totally depends on the job and the employer

My boss is pretty flexible, as long as there’s capacity we can book the next day off if we want to. If there’s officially no capacity then management can review it and if no one else has been refused and the work can be managed then it usually gets approved. Whole weeks in school holidays usually get booked up far in advance but there’s often odd days here and there even then.

8 weeks and mustn't clash with other staff.Iam booked through to May next year.If we're very quiet then we can get odd afternoon mornings off but it's ad-hoc on the day.
The exception is for hospital appointments when you will be granted annual or days off changed but it is accommodated somehow.