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Holiday procedure

The holiday year runs from 1 October to 30 September. Days you have built up have to be taken inside that year. They do not roll into the next one.

• Give at least seven days’ notice before the first day off. If you want more than a week, the notice needs to be twice as long as the break. Two weeks off means four weeks’ notice.
• You can only book days you would normally work. A Monday-to-Friday pattern does not turn Saturday into a paid holiday.
• Sick days and bank holidays are not added on as automatic paid leave.
• You can ask for as many days as you like. Pay only covers what you have accrued in the current holiday year.
• Holiday pay is sent the Friday after the week the leave falls in.
• The client still has to agree the dates. A form on its own is a request, not a confirmed week off.

Questions about your own balance go to the branch, or to [email protected]. That inbox gets busy. You will get a reply, not always the same day.