Understanding your rights to carry over annual leave can make the difference between losing valuable holiday time and maximizing your work life balance. Many employees across the UK remain unclear about when they can carry forward unused leave, how much they’re legally entitled to keep, and what circumstances trigger automatic carry over rights. Changes to […]
Effortless Ways to Plan Leave: Top Strategies for Effective Leave Management
Planning leave is essential for balancing work and personal life. This article provides practical strategies and tools to help you plan leave efficiently. Learn about key steps, best practices, and how technology can simplify leave management, ensuring minimal disruption to your workflow. Key Takeaways Effective leave management requires clear policies, timely submissions, and coordination among […]
How to Manage Annual Leave: Tips to Manage Your Team’s Leave Like a Pro
Are you overwhelmed by the number of your team’s annual leave bookings? Annually, employees are entitled to receive paid time-off which is often used for vacation. However, if not managed correctly, this can lead to disruptions in the workplace and even loss of productivity. Managing annual leave is an integral responsibility of any manager or […]
Getting Employees to Take Time Off: How to Encourage Staff
Now, initially, encouraging staff to take more leave doesn’t seem like the brightest idea. After all, if employees are away more frequently, that means more interruptions to projects and workflow. However, while that encouraging your staff to take all their entitled holiday allowance might result them being away at times that are inconvenient from the […]
Annual Leave Notice Period: Guide for Employees Taking Holiday During Their Notice
Dealing with your staff’s annual leave can be laborious at the best of times, but it can get even trickier if an employee is about to leave your company. It is important to provide advance notice to employees regarding mandatory holiday leave to ensure clear communication and adequate preparation. Now, you not only have to […]
Free Leave & Holiday Tracker Spreadsheet 2022
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How does statutory sick pay (SSP) work?
The question is, however, how exactly does statutory sick pay work? While absent employees lowers your business’ productivity, it’s also preferable that staff stay home when they’re feeling sick. After all, they can’t perform their role to the best of their abilities when they’re ill – and there’s always the possibility that they’ll pass their […]
Calculating accrued annual leave
Knowing how much annual leave your employees have accrued is important for when they request time off, as well as for when they leave the company. However, calculating staff holiday accrual can be time-consuming, and tedious, particularly if you don’t have the proper systems in place. This post looks at how holiday accrual works and […]
Free Leave & Holiday Tracker Spreadsheet 2021
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Effects of COVID-19 on carry over leave
In light of the continuing situation with COVID-19, the UK government recently made changes to the rules regarding an employee’s ability to carry over annual leave. Under UK law and EU law, the statutory minimum holiday entitlement is 5.6 weeks, which includes 1.6 weeks for bank holidays. These measures have been put in place for […]









