What happens to unused hours of holiday

[Hellohelloworld]

So this is got 12 hours left on my holidays until the end of march. But i haven't got a way to use them my job didn't say nothing about them. So what will happen to them? I'm in a contract.
the new leave year will start in april and i don't want to lose that, what i was thinking was, could they just pay me that money extra without me taking the holiday?

Why are you asking complete strangers who have no idea what’s in your contract? It’s not opinions you need, but facts. Each company is different so we can’t help you! Check your contract, it will be in there or speak to HR/manager if you’re still unsure. 🤦🏼‍♀️

The contract might not however be lawful. So check that too.

You are entitled to 5.6 weeks [28 days] statutory leave per year, if they won't let you taje it you can't lose it.

Without clear details it is impossible to say whether or not the OP can lose it, so it is irresponsible to say that she can't lose it. Nobody here has anywhere near the amount of information to make such an assertion, but it is entirely possible that she could lose it.

In addition, if she did unfairly lose it, she will have to pursue that claim in an employment tribunal, and whilst that is a right, as we well know, many people would prefer to safeguard their job and may not be prepared to take it that far.

There is no evidence of the contract here - on what basis are you suggesting that it might not be lawful? What are you suggesting the OP check?

OP has most likely had all year to take this leave, if they’ve been blocked from taking any at all yep that wouldn’t be legal but since they’ve only got a few hours left that sounds unlikely.

You can absolutely lose leave if you don’t take it throughout the year, it depends what your work policy is as to whether you can carry it forward or be paid for it etc.

We used to allow people to carry them over, but it became ridiculous so now it's a use them or lose them approach, with me periodically reminding them they need to get them booked in!

I said she can't lose it if it's part of the statutory 28 days, if she's tried to book it and it's been declined. If you check ACAS and .gov, both say this.

Nowhere does OP say she tried to book and they were refused. She (and everyone) has 12 months to use leave. 12 full months!

But since none of those things are in evidence, it is pure speculation. Besides which - it isn't entirely accurate anyway because it depnds on why it was denied (if it was) - if she left it all to the last minute knowing it would be hard to book, then it would be the employee being unreasonable. Wew simply do not know (and the OP seems to have no inclination to explain) what the circumsdtances are so it is impossible to assert anything as a fact. Plus, as I said, there is a vast difference between what the law might say and what actually happens. If you check all my previous posts on this you will find that I don't need to confirm anything with ACAS or .gov to know that what I have said is accurate.