Requesting annual leave
By Wizzywig
@Wizzywig (7847)
November 18, 2010 7:38am CST
By the end of this month, I am supposed to give specific dates of which weeks I would like as annualleave for the period April 2011 and March 2012. How do I know?? I appreciate that they have to make sure all the shifts are covered 24/7 52 weeks of the year but, since I have no specific plans as yet, I'd rather not commit to ALL my leave so soon. I'd like to leave a few days for unforseen circumstances like family sickness etc.
How does your leave work? Can you take it at short notice or do you have to plan this far ahead?
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12 responses
@anil78650 (177)
• India
20 Nov 10
I if I have to take a leave for the day then I just make a call from my home and say that i have a fever and I can't come that's it and if the leave is very long then I have to write a boring application before 1 month and have to tell the boss about our reason for leave....and if he suit then he say yes and also tell us to find a substitute for you position for the time I gone.....and if the time is for the season then there is no leave for us......
@Wizzywig (7847)
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21 Nov 10
If its that urgent, I'd tell my boss the reason and hope that she'll be ok with it - I had to attend an appointment for some important health test results on a day that I should have been working. I rang my boss to ask if I could go in late.... I was over 3 hours late but, because she knew how important they were, it was fine. If necessary, I would take 'carers leave' which I would have to 'pay back'
@anil78650 (177)
• India
21 Nov 10
So what do you do when you have to go somewhere urgently.....? did you make some story and tell your boss a lie or simply say that I am ill.....I only say that I am ill and I never let my boss know the truth.......
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
22 Nov 10
That is certainly some early planning there! Perhaps they are thinking folks are already planning trips and vacations around various events and want to put it out there ASAP. I know sometimes you have to put in your vacation early, but not at my work really. They let you put it in up to 2 weeks prior and if you have vacation available and you do not have enough hours you can take your accrued time off that way as well.
@3SnuggleBunnies (16374)
• United States
28 Nov 10
That's ok. Hubby has had to burn them once in a while during a week he is scheduled his regular work week. Or we save them for when hours are short but one must still pay their bills so we can stay above water that week.
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
19 Nov 10
Oh how I do miss having four weeks of paid annual leave per year! But that is all I miss about being an employee! Oh, except for getting paid for public holidays as well! 
Do they want you to take all your yearly entitlements in one chunk? I used to only take about two or three weeks at a time so that when I left an employer I would have some accumulated. We usually had to give at least a months notice or something like that in most places I worked. There was never any set time frame but just out of courtesy, everyone seemed to give about that much notice at least. 
But you are at least 5 months away from the start of the period you are talking about. That at a minimum is is a long time out to be planning too much. I agree with you. How are you supposed to know what you will be doing in March 2012? 
Do they want you to take all your yearly entitlements in one chunk? I used to only take about two or three weeks at a time so that when I left an employer I would have some accumulated. We usually had to give at least a months notice or something like that in most places I worked. There was never any set time frame but just out of courtesy, everyone seemed to give about that much notice at least.
But you are at least 5 months away from the start of the period you are talking about. That at a minimum is is a long time out to be planning too much. I agree with you. How are you supposed to know what you will be doing in March 2012? @Wizzywig (7847)
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19 Nov 10
No, not all in one chunk... we're allowed a maximum of 2 consecutive weeks. I had no plans for the current year so have a week in Feb & 2 separate weeks in March. I redckoned, if I booked it for late in the year I might be able to take some of the days earlier in case of emergency.
@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
20 Nov 10
Hi Wizzy
What job you do, i don't know, but from the discussion, i guess it is done in shifts, well April 2011 to March 2012 is one year, April 2011 is still far, why they need it?
Well no body can speak about emergency situations like sudden illness of self or family members, accident, mishaps, some days can be earmarked for this too..
Thank you so much for this discussion.
Professor. . Cheers have a great day ahead.
God bless you. Welcome always.
@Wizzywig (7847)
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20 Nov 10
Yes, you are correct... it is done in shifts. there are 3 shifts each day and there has to be a minimum number of staff to cover each shift. No more than 2 of the same grade are supposed to be on annual leave at the same time. Last year I said I would book a couple of weeks that I specifically wanted but would be happy to see which weeks were left for the rest - but, that was not allowed. I dont know why.
Thanks for your response Hope you have a good day
@mhypie03 (683)
• Philippines
19 Nov 10
I was on leave 2 weeks ago. I filed it on our portal 6 days before the date but my boss did not gave any response. I work on a client so I asked their permission 3 days before then I emailed my boss afterwards it was approved. BTW, it was a 5 day vacation leave. LOL!
@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
19 Nov 10
i usually plan my annual leave at least 6 months in advance as well when i was still working in the past... my company also don't like it if i give them last minute notice of my leave and they prefer for me to tell them in advance... but to commit your leave for such a long time is not so easy to do as we don't know of anything unpredictable that can happen in our lives... take care and have a nice day...
@Wizzywig (7847)
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19 Nov 10
Quite so... because I dont work full-time, I can usually adjust my shifts (with the agreement of fellow workers) for a day or two but not for a whole week. I appreciate that there is a lot of work in planning the rotas and that there has to be a minimum number of staff available at any one time but I think they could at least give us until the new year.
Thanks for your response
@GardenGerty (160949)
• United States
18 Nov 10
When I was working we could take it at short notice. I believe my Son in Law has to take the majority of his in advance.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
18 Nov 10
I can take it at short notice, but if I'm needed for something and there's no coverage it can be denied too.
@TheAdvocate (2392)
• Philippines
19 Nov 10
It depends whether we have a project or not. We are usually required to notify them a few days before if its just for a few days, longer if we intend to be out for weeks. But when there's no project, management will encourage people to take their leaves so that when a project comes along, everyone will be present and forced to work since they have used up all their leaves.
@Wizzywig (7847)
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19 Nov 10
That sounds like a fair system and makes economic sense for your employers to prefer you to take a break when there is no project. I went into work at 7.15 one morning and was asked if I'd like to take a days annualleave as they had more than the required number of staff. Having got up and driven 10 miles I declined - I'd rather have a whole day off!!!
@summerfed (82)
• Philippines
18 Nov 10
Wow this a long leave , if your going into annual leave, I never experience to leave, because i still have no job, But in my humble opinion, I think it is good to have a plan far ahead, so when the time comes that your vacation leave is there, you already know what are you going to do.
