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Unlimited Annual Leave - Could you do it (fairly)?

  • 26-01-2018 4:22pm
    #1
    Sabre0001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭


    A relative of mine is now working for a company in which she gets unlimited holidays. I, of course, was immensely jealous when I first heard this. It's giving her the freedom to travel (for long weekends, if nothing else) and even do a training course outside of her field of work. Actually scratch that, I'm still immensely jealous.

    There are, of course, many people who don't use their full allocation of holiday days in most companies. This could be because they can't get the time off approved, they're holding onto days just in case, or a variety of other reasons.

    Do you think you'd be able to operate in such a system for annual leave and would you play fair (bearing in mind that work still has to be done, you can't just take a duvet day waking up in the morning (I believe), colleagues wouldn't appreciate covering all the time, and they have the same system)?

    I'd certainly appreciate the freedom and would probably make use of more one-off days. Plus, it would give the peace of mind that you don't have to hold onto a couple of days in case something unexpected comes up. But I'd probably feel too guilty to take full advantage of the system.

    🤪



Comments

  • #2
    thereality
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭thereality


    Companies introduced this, as they don't want to have outstanding holidays sitting as a liability on their balance. Say you have 25 days holidays per year and you only take 18 days. So you carry the 7 to the next year. This is to be accounted in the company accounts. But if you have unlimited holidays, there is no outstanding liability

    Companies have unlimited holidays as most people don't take more and it saves them money, admin etc. If you are taking 40 days holidays per year when the old policy was 25 days. I think you will realise you won't be getting promoted...


  • #3
    davo10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,926 ✭✭✭davo10


    There are two considerations here.

    1. The impact of employee absence.
    2. Payment for annual leave.

    Firstly, the obvious, if an employee isn't at work, this has an impact on productivity. If leave is unlimited then there is a tangible impact for employer. Unless there are similar employees doing the same job to cover the employee on leave, the employer suffers.

    Secondly, if the employee is paid for all unlimited leave, what's the incentive to actually go to work? And what's the incentive for the employer to actually offer unlimited leave?

    Personally, I think you are being sold a pup.


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