Do you take all your holidays?

faceman

Sometimes Im terrible and end up with loads of holidays left toward the end of the year. However the company i work for now doesnt allow you carry days over, so its a case of "use it or lose it".

What about you lot? Whats your attitude to holidays? Do you take them and run out before the end of the year? Do you waste holidays? Do you take work calls/emails while off? Whats your employers attitude to holidays, are they flexible or do they require so many week's notice?

Interestingly a new law was passed in China whereby if an employee doesnt take their leave the employer has to pay them 300% their salary for the period!

stovelid

Always use them up and even have to pinch days from next year for Christmas sometimes.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

I carried over nearly 2 weeks from last year but I didn't make that mistake this year, have booked a few quality holidays this year and more planned!

robinph

Had been carrying a good few over each year for several years, meant I got to take 39 days off last year though and still had a couple of extra ones left to carry over for this year as well.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

39 days? Did you work at all last year :pac:

seamus

faceman wrote: »

Sometimes Im terrible and end up with loads of holidays left toward the end of the year. However the company i work for now doesnt allow you carry days over, so its a case of "use it or lose it".

That's illegal. It's not possible to "lose" your holidays. If you haven't taken them, your employer is at fault.

I'm pretty bad for not taking them too, I usually end with too much and so take a week off to do nothing.

A lot of employer are going to start getting tight on this - the establishment of NERA means that these kinds of things will be randomly audited so employers will be in trouble if they don't send their employees away on leave.

Earthhorse

Yeah, I'm pretty dreadful for this too. Our holiday year runs from June to July too to make things extra confusing.

Also have flextime in work and pretty sure I've banked hours that I'm effectively never going to see again.

dade

seamus wrote: »

That's illegal. It's not possible to "lose" your holidays. If you haven't taken them, your employer is at fault.

think you can carry them over for up to 6 months or something like taht.

i tend to run out of them and end up borrowing days or taking them at my own expense. oh and i have a great doctor the for teh slightest little thing will give you a few days certified and only charges €30 for a visit.

Earthhorse wrote: »

Yeah, I'm pretty dreadful for this too. Our holiday year runs from June to July too to make things extra confusing.

Confusing? short more like the year's only running june to july so you only have two months in which to take 4 weeks holidays?

kaimera

Cant carry over hols either.

Got about 20 days total booked off in the next few months starting with the EP end of this month.

Anti

I take everyone i have, then a few i dont have. And even as many sick days as possible without getting sacked. 40+ days off a year, all payed. Fuck yeah !!

Mossy Monk

I always use my holidays.

Honey-ec

I can't understand how people have holidays left at the end of the year! I have to eke mine out and even at that, I usually end up minus a few days from the next year's allocation by the time it rolls around...

chin_grin

Can anyone give me their holiday days? Please? :pac:

Earthhorse

dade wrote: »

Confusing? short more like the year's only running june to july so you only have two months in which to take 4 weeks holidays?

Hehehe. Yeah, it's pretty tight alright. Meant to say July to June.

I have one ****ing day left .

Had a good summer though so no complaints. This one day though, keeping it for something good.

Honey-ec

Deleted User wrote: »

I have one ****ing day left .

Had a good summer though so no complaints. This one day though, keeping it for something good.

I have 3 days left. Til May of next year...:mad:

sam34

always take all my hols, and try and get a few days course/professional leave as well if i can.
have never pulled a sickie though, and have never taken a legit sick day either

jester77

I can carry over till March, usually end up carrying over 2 weeks and taking a nice long Easter break, take 3 week break in the Summer, week around Christmas and then a few other random long weekends here and there!

Honey-ec

Honey-ec wrote: »

I have 3 days left. Til May of next year...:mad:

**** that's harsh! My first week off after the New Year will be in January for sure! Go on the piss somewhere

monkeyfudge

I've still got 20 days left I need to take off.

Must get moving on that.

robinph

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

39 days? Did you work at all last year :pac:

I also had a month away from work due to busting a knee during one of the many holidays I took as well.

MOH

I've still got about 20, plus a few flexi days. Will prob carry 4 or 5, take a week off, and a ton of days or mornings off for the Christmas drinking period.

I've 1 and a half days to take off between now and October which is grand really. So yes, I made sure to use all my holidays.