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Compassionate holiday (UK) only please?
My wife's annual leave ran from April 1st 2007 to April 1st 2008 and she recieves only 10 days holiday a year as she is deemed as a part time employee. During her last leave year she had used up all her annual holiday but had to take compassionate holiday. It wasn't a case of swinging the lead it was the fact that our daughter was seriuosly ill.
She heard no more from her employer (a national company) until she applied for holiday this year and her employer informed that because of the 4 days she had as compassionate they would be taken off this years leave entitlement. Which leaves her with just 6 days.
To me that sounds wrong. It is no fault of my wifes that our daughter fell ill after she had used up all her holiday entltlement.
Has anyone out there suffered similar circumstances and is this legal.
I am waiting for an answer back from someone dealing with employment law but that takes time so if anyone out there can help it would be much appreciated.
As a mother she is entitled to unpaid compassionate leave from work
As they have decided it was holiday leave then she may have been misunderstood or they have made an error.
If she was paid for the leave then they assumed it was holiday leave regardless of the reasons for it or when it was taken. If they didnt pay her for it she should remind them that the leave was unpaid compassionate leave.
She should approach her employer about it to get it resolved
If you want more info on rights concerning workers leave then have a look at the ACAS website
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March 17th, 2011 at 5:29 am
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