Annual leave can my employer do this?

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Can my employer cancel my annual leave day legally?

One of our members of staff has fallen sick and my manager I feel is hinting that I will have to cover the office tomorrow. We all have two days off and working one day this week.

I changed my Christmas leave so I was only working today and off thurs and Friday. It's our anniversary Friday so wanted nye off.

I am working today. My colleague who is covering tomorrow has told my manager today that she's been ill over Christmas and needs a lateral flow.

Can she make me cancel my leave and come in? I arranged for my child to go to her dads today and I feel it's been unnecessary, I could have had today off and in tomorrow and had my two days off instead of being in both days.

Don't they have to give you notice to cancel annual leave?

Yes legally they can cancel leave for business reasons. They need to give you as much notice as the length of the leave ie one day's leave requires one day notice of cancellation.

hi - what does it say in your contract of employment or leave policy? At my company then can cancel leave due to operational requirements but need to give you notice. On the gov.uk site it says they must give as much notice as the amount of leave requested, plus 1 day.

By the way it's not my office that needs covering either. I can do my job fully from home but my manager has been insisting we go in to help "cover" (answer someone else's phone).

They can cancel leave, but have to give you as much notice as the time you have booked off. So in this case you booked two days off, so they would need to give you at least two days’ notice before the leave was due to start. They can’t decide today to cancel your 2 day leave starting tomorrow.

www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights/booking-time-off-

Thank you for the info it's given me much security. My manager has been taking the piss with not coming in herself, she's been making us go in to cover a secretaries phone who she said she will replace but clearly isn't replacing but she hasn't stepped foot on site herself since last April because of 'covid' i.e. she doesn't want to. Manager is working tomorrow herself but when discussing leave over Christmas she said she will not be covering the office because she 'just can't'.

"My colleague who is covering tomorrow has told my manager today that she's been ill over Christmas and needs a lateral flow."

This sounds odd. If she needs a lateral flow, surely she opens the box and takes one. Then let people know IF it's positive. Why the big announcement ahead of time?