Your annual leave explained
- The annual leave year runs from 1st October to 30th September and your annual leave entitlement must be used in this period.
- Your annual leave entitlement is made up of your personal leave plus the following:
+ Bank holidays/Public holidays
+ Fixed closure days
+ Long service additional leave where applicable
+ Approved carry forward where applicable
- Part-time staff your annual leave is pro rata based on your agreed work pattern and issued to you in hours. Bank holidays and fixed closure days will be automatically deducted based on your work pattern.
- Bank Holidays will all automatically be deducted. There are usually eight days made up of: Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Years Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Early May Bank Holiday, Late May Bank Holiday, August Bank Holiday. Additional Bank Holiday in 2022 Platinum Jubilee Bank holiday.
- Fixed closure days – Three days of additional leave used between Christmas and New year. These days will automatically be deducted.
- Long service – your long service leave will be applied to Annual leave based on your service as at the 1st October. Pro-rata for part-time
- Carry forward – in exceptional circumstances a maximum of 5 days (pro rata for part-time) may be carried forward into the next leave year by prior agreement with your line manager/Unit Administrator. Carried forward days must be used by the 31st December. Unused days will be automatically deducted from your entitlement from the 1st January.
- Staff on fixed-term contracts must use their annual leave allocation within their contract period
- If you resign from your post a pro-rata annual leave entitlement will be worked out based on your agreed leaving date.
- Some clinical academic-related staff on NHS-equivalent scales have different holiday entitlements. Details available here