Annual leave

[WingingIt1]

Can anyone give me some advice about work please?

I normally work 9-5 four days a week but can be required to work evening and weekends as things crop up. I am required to be flexible.

I have worked for my employer for over 6 years and have never had an issue.

However I've booked 2 weeks of annual leave at the end of August (booked and approved in march) and now am being asked to work the weekend. If I have been granted annual leave for my normal days of work does that include the days I don't?

Which weekend is it?

For example you booked
W/c 21st august
W/c 28th august.

Do the want you to work 19th and 20th?

Or 26th and 27th?

It sounds like a mistake to me, if you mean the weekend between the weeks you've booked off. Just tell them you will be away and not available that weekend. It would be a pretty dumb manager scheduling staff who didn't check whether you were around given you've booked the weeks off.

I finish on 18th but I think I'm going to be expected to work the Sunday. My manager hasn't said anything to me yet. She was moaning about another colleague who wouldn't work weekends and has mentioned in a group setting she's going to need the Sunday 20th covered. I stayed quiet but it was incredibly awkward and I just wondered if I was being unreasonable but I've worked lots of evenings and weekends recently and I was looking forward to the break where I didn't even need to think about work. Do I just need to suck it up and work it?

"I'm sorry, it's my holiday then, so I can't work. Somone else will need to cover that day, and I'll make up a different weekend later in the year"

No. You dont say anything and if asked, say unfortunately you are on annual leave between the 18th and the city (next day you are contracted to work). Do not budge in this. Otherwise it is not annual leave, but merely shifting your days around.

If you were holidaying abroad for two weeks then you wouldn't be available to work. Maybe if they know you are at home they'll rely on your good nature to come in.

Thanks for all the comments and advice. I bit the bullet and openly asked this morning if I was going to be approached to work the Sunday. I'm glad I did now as my manager was appreciative of my offer despite me being on annual leave and has told me she will endeavour to get it covered by someone else.
It does still pay to be kind 😀
I'm very grateful for the support from here though as it was nice to know where I stood before I asked the question.
Thank you everyone x