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Floating holidays?

  • 16-01-2017 7:31pm
    #1
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭


    Whats the deal, with these holidays? i never i knew i had em and forgot to take mine and now with the new year my employer is telling me they reset...im wondering do they have to pay u for them if u dont take them?


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  • #2
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Are these holidays from last year that you didnt take?


  • #3
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭Cupatae


    Stheno wrote: »
    Are these holidays from last year that you didnt take?

    Yeah, i didnt even know i had em tbh are they gone or should i have been paid for em if i didnt take em?

    I tried looking on citizen advice but didnt see anything about it,


  • #4
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    If they have a policy that you cant carrying them over they could be gone.

    How many days was it?


  • #5
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭Cupatae


    Stheno wrote: »
    If they have a policy that you cant carrying them over they could be gone.

    How many days was it?

    id say 6/7 days?i even missed a week, of work due to sickeness, i could have used them instead of getting a doc cert and not being paid :(

    So its def down to company policy then?


  • #6
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Cupatae wrote: »
    id say 6/7 days?i even missed a week, of work due to sickeness, i could have used them instead of getting a doc cert and not being paid :(

    So its def down to company policy then?

    How many days in total did you have to take?


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  • #7
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭Cupatae


    Stheno wrote: »
    How many days in total did you have to take?

    about a week i think


  • #8
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Cupatae wrote: »
    about a week i think

    So you were just there a couple of months?


  • #9
    coffeyt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 304 ✭✭coffeyt


    I'm not 100% but I think you can agree to carry forward your annual leave to the first 6 months of the following year but after that its lost if not taken (unless company policy states otherwise) . I would advise checking with citizens information.


  • #10
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭Cupatae


    Stheno wrote: »
    So you were just there a couple of months?

    yeah all in im there about 6/7 months?


  • #11
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Cupatae wrote: »
    yeah all in im there about 6/7 months?

    And you didnt take any holidays at all? You are entitled to 1.8 days per month if you work full time


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  • #12
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭Cupatae


    Stheno wrote: »
    And you didnt take any holidays at all? You are entitled to 1.8 days per month if you work full time

    I took none at all, didnt even know i had em to take!


  • #13
    Stheno
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    Cupatae wrote: »
    I took none at all, didnt even know i had em to take!

    Hmm im mot sure if they can take them off you as thats the minimum you are entitled to.


  • #14
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭Cupatae


    Stheno wrote: »
    Hmm im mot sure if they can take them off you as thats the minimum you are entitled to.

    I had xmas holidays an all that, but i never too floating days, that i was meant to have


  • #15
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Cupatae wrote: »
    I had xmas holidays an all that, but i never too floating days, that i was meant to have

    So how many days holidays did you take?


  • #16
    davo10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,926 ✭✭✭davo10


    Op, are you full time, 5 days per week? If you are, then you are entitled to 10-12 days leave for last year.

    First thing you need to do is read your contract of employment. If this says that company policy is that days cannot be carried over, then they cannot be carried over. But, the employer is required to ensure that leave days are taken before year end. Some businesses however, e.g. retail may not allow you to take them during busy periods like December do you should have taken them before that if that is the case.

    Employers cannot "buy" your annual leave by paying you for leave not taken, unless you are leaving your job.

    Op, get out your contract, calculate the exact number of days you are entitled to and deduct the days you took at Christmas and any other time during your 6-7 months.


  • #17
    jimmycrackcorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,378 ✭✭✭✭jimmycrackcorm


    davo10 wrote:
    Employers cannot "buy" your annual leave by paying you for leave not taken, unless you are leaving your job.


    Just to be clear that this refers to statutory leave which the employer is obliged to provide.

    OP you should remind your employer that they are breaking the law by not providing you with this for last year.


  • #18
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭Cupatae


    Cheers for the replys lads much appreciated!


  • #19
    Cupatae
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,915 ✭✭✭Cupatae


    I was sorta hoping if they were gone or reset, they would pay me for em, i mean its only fair.. but knowing the company i work for they dont miss much i doubt the contract would favor carrying em over ill look anyway just to be sure..

    I am working full time by the way..


  • #20
    Dial Hard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,236 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    Stheno wrote:
    You are entitled to 1.8 days per month if you work full time

    Pretty sure the statutory is 1.66 per month, not 1.8.


  • #21
    daheff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭daheff


    Stheno wrote: »
    Hmm im mot sure if they can take them off you as thats the minimum you are entitled to.
    jimmycrackcorm wrote: »
    Just to be clear that this refers to statutory leave which the employer is obliged to provide.

    OP you should remind your employer that they are breaking the law by not providing you with this for last year.


    My understanding is that as its a statutory entitlement that the company cant just say tough luck you didnt take them. they are supposed to 'encourage' you to take them in the calendar year they accrue (its called management!), but where work issues arise it may not be possible to use all your entitlement, and they can be used in the following year. Again you are supposed to be encouraged to use them as soon as reasonably possible in the new year. All that said, as its a statutory entitlement I don't believe a company can say use them or lose them.
    Dial Hard wrote: »
    Pretty sure the statutory is 1.67 per month, not 1.8.
    Me too...20 days per year for full time workers


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