can I carry over annual leave from one year

[littlesqualker]

I work for the NHS and get good annual leave entitilement. Before I went off in maternity leave last august I was off sick due to pregnancy complications, this was for six weeks before my compulsary maternity leave started. I therefore did not get the chance to take my annual leave (4 weeks I had saved up) before beginning maternity leave. My annual leave starts and finishes in April of every year. I am now due back at work in June time and want to use last years 4 weeks before I come back even though this is a new financial year, Has anyone been in the same position and were you allowed to do this?

I was in a similar position. I worked for the civil service and had the best part of a years leave owed to me when I returned. Therefore even though I was due to return to work at the beginning of Jan, I took 4 weeks off, then used up the remainder to ease myself back into work gradually over the next few months. Phone personnel or pay section to confirm. They're all government acencies so they should be the same/similar.

Hi - you need to phone the HR department of where you work. If you're on AFC I think you can automatically carry over 5 days and up to 10 days at your managers' discretion.

However where I work, (also in the NHS) you'd be able to carry the whole lot over if you've been on maternity leave - but I'm not sure if that's just our local policy.

i'll agree with dottydot but do think its local policy to keep all leave. if I told my HR this dilema they'd tell me its 10days max but my boss would sign off everything entitled too.