CS Christmas leave query

thenightman

Howya

My younger brother recently started work as a CO in the civil service. They were sorting out the Christmas leave etc and he was told as the office is closed on the 27th he has to take a day out of his annual leave for it.

This doesn't sound correct to me, why is it coming out of his AL? would this be standard practice in most civil service offices? I'm in the city council meself (and will be in on 27th) so not sure how CS operates.

Thanks.

Johnny Sausage

I know places where the office is closed over christmas and its mandatory for people to 3 days annual leave

Nobody cries as it means guaranteed all of xmas off rather than have to argue over it and drag people in

Dodge

Mightn’t be every where but definitely isn’t unheard of

My missus’s office closes (the building is closed) and she has to use annual leave for it (council rather than CS) and I’ve seen it in the CS too

thenightman

Ah fair enough. He's just a bit miffed as he only got 4 days leave to do him until March I think. He'll have to work up his flexi so!

irishgeo

thenightman wrote: »

Ah fair enough. He's just a bit miffed as he only got 4 days leave to do him until March I think. He'll have to work up his flexi so!

The 27th isnt a holiday so if the office is closed and he isn't working how else do you suppose it's going to work. I have to take 5 days AL. Our Dublin office is open over Christmas but the site we work at is so closed so 5 days leave is required.

thenightman

I dunno really, never came across the situation myself as always worked in busy offices that were open, even had OT on Stephens Day a few times.

Would have thought it sensible that if an office is closed and employee has no way of working it wouldn't come out of their holidays at least.

sundodger5

We have a similar scenario with the 3 days between Christmas and New years.
However we get 23 days annual leave as standard so it is no loss really.
Maybe his annual leave entitlement is more than statutory?

Birdsong

Work in private sector, and we have shut down for Christmas, have to keep 5 days for over the Christmas/New year period, it's very common. The real positive is everyone is off, no hand overs or anything like that.

this is 100% typical.

is he not being allowed work up a bit extra of flexi?

BhoyRayzor

In general in the private sector anyway, you are on an annual salary, which includes the 27th, so only other option would be to get it as unpaid leave. Pretty common to keep some of your annual leave for any days needed over Christmas

antimatterx

In my company, we get 26 days off. 5 the company chooses, and the other 21 are up to us. The 5 the company chooses are 4 over Christmas, 1 for good Friday. It works well, as everyone wants time over Christmas

aslanroars

I work for Dublin city council.and we have too keep 3 days for Christmas out of our annual leave.certain department s in council do.

Dodge

Birdsong wrote: »

Work in private sector, and we have shut down for Christmas, have to keep 5 days for over the Christmas/New year period, it's very common. The real positive is everyone is off, no hand overs or anything like that.

The unusual part here is that the vast majority of government offices re-open on the 27th

The only ‘holidays’ are 25th, 26th and 1st Jan.

Of course the majority of people take the week off but there’ll be a skeleton staff in for most places

(And I say unusual, as we have seen here it isn’t unheard of)