Question about holiday entitlement

[stressed2007]

Hi. I have a question about holiday entitlement. For the sake of my question let us say you are entitled to 24 days holiday a year. After a month in real terms you will have accrued 2 days holiday. Are you entitled to ask for a week off work after a month even though you have not accrued it yet on the basis you will accrue it in the coming months? Is there any law on this point or is it whatever your employer agrees. Thanks very much

Technically, you are entitled to what you have accrued. In practice, most employers would let someone take a week's holiday after only one month's service, as people rarely book holidays as they truly accrue throughout the year (although maybe a week is about the reasonable max to expect)

However, your employer would be entitled not to grant your request - as they pretty much always reserve that right anyway, even if we're talking about longer service.

AFAIK, there is no law, it is governed by common sense & compromise.

Of course, if you take 'too much' holiday & leave, then you owe your company some money.

HTH

if you take it and then leave they take the money off your final salary

Yes - as long as they have a specific contractual clause giving them the right to make such deductions, they can make an automatic deduction without asking you/getting your explicit agreement.

I posted earlier on your other thread about this, yes you can ask and they can say no.