just found out any annual leave during my notice period wont be paid!

A question about : just found out any annual leave during my notice period wont be paid!

Hello,

I'm looking for advice from anyone else who may have been in this position.

I've recently been offered a job pending references with a local authority and have been advised by the new HR department to hand in my notice once references have processed. I currently work for a civil service organisation and spoke with my manager today about providing a reference.

I recently booked leave which was authorised from 2nd March to complete driving lessons and take my driving test. I get on well with my manager and he assured me that it wouldn't be a problem - but, he said that if my leave fell within my notice period I would either not be paid or I could cancel the leave if I wanted. This is apparently because the annual leave year begins in March and I have not accrued enough of an allowance. I have never heard of a policy like that before so I'm quite surprised - does that sound right?

I'm thinking of handing in my notice the day after my leave ends so I won't miss out... any other ideas?

Many thanks

Best answers:

• When does your leave year run from?
  How long have you been employed in your current job?
  What is your annual leave entitlement?
• Op so you have holiday booked out of next years entitlement?
  How many days do you have booked and how many would you have accrued for the year up to the date you leave?
  You will probably be in a negative so that is why they are going not pay you for the days. It's the same as paying and doing a deduction on the last pay slip.
• What's your notice period? Have you taken all your holiday entitlement for the period March-Feb 14/15? If so, you will accumulate a proportion of your entitlement for 15/16, but if your last day is say mid-March, then you will only have accrued 2 weeks which will mean very few hours holiday. Your boss is kind to remind you of it.
• Sounds right to be honest.
• If you look on whatever intranet/staff handbook you have you will probably find a holiday calculator for leavers - it might be in the resignation section. I've worked for a few public sector bodies and they've all had one.
  If you have flexi could you use that instead?
• As the other users state the company are most likely right.
  Generally most companies pay you in arrears and accumluated holiday that way.
  for example, if you holiday period is from jan to dec, 24 days then you accrue 2 days for every month you work.
  This is so that it stops employees joining the company in lets say Jan , book one month holiday off and then leaving in March.
  If you were paid during that holiday period then the company would be out of pocket.
  This works both ways as lets say you dont take your 24 days off for the year.. the next year in Jan then most companies would pay you the extra holiday off or let you leave early if you wanted to resign.