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Annual leave FAQs

What is annual leave used for?

Who is responsible for the calculation of annual leave entitlement?

Can a member of staff take all their leave entitlement within the first quarter of the leave year?

How much leave can a member of staff carry over from one leave year to the next?

Is a member of staff who works part time still entitled to the eight statutory public holidays?

If a member of staff leaves the Trust part way through the month, will they still be entitled to leave for half a month?

What is the annual leave entitlement for staff who work on the internal bank only?

Does a break in NHS service still count towards annual leave entitlement?

If a member of staff is required to work a public holiday are they entitled to a day in lieu?

What is the maximum amount of leave that can be requested at any one time?

If a member of staff is only contracted to work six hours on a Monday, for public holidays that fall on a Monday how many hours is deducted from their leave entitlement?

Does an employee accrue bank holiday entitlement whilst on maternity leave?

If a member of staff leaves part way through the year how is their public holiday entitlement calculated for that period?

Can a member of staff book flights to go abroad before obtaining authorisation for the leave from work?

If a member of staff is transferring to another role at a different UHB hospital (e.g. staff nurse leaves Heartlands based role to commence a new role at the QEHB) what should the existing manager do with their leave entitlement?

If a staff member is on long term sickness and their sickness continues into the new leave year, how much leave are they entitled to take over?

If a staff member returns from long term sickness prior to the end of the current leave year, can they carry over any outstanding leave into the new leave year and if yes, how much?

If a staff member has returned to work following long term sickness but has commenced a redeployment trial in another department, which department is responsible for picking up the accrued annual leave?

If a staff member is unable to take all of their accrued annual leave following long term sickness, can they be paid for it at the end of the leave year?

If a staff member is currently on long term sickness and wishes to physically take annual leave, can they do this and how will it be administered?

If a staff member has pre-booked annual leave and they go off sick, do they get their leave entitlement back?

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