Annual Leave

If you have not already received an annual leave card for the 2018-19 holiday year, they are available from your line manager.

All staff should continue to record their annual leave requests on the annual leave card for their manager to authorise. In addition, this year, managers will also record the annual leave on a department spreadsheet.

When booking annual leave you should follow the procedures below, as detailed in the staff handbook:

– All annual leave must be booked with your line manager. Time off cannot be guaranteed until it is agreed with your line manager.

– Where rostering is required, annual leave should be booked at least eight weeks in advance for staff. Annual leave required with less than eight weeks’ notice will only be agreed in exceptional circumstances.

– All other staff are required to provide at least twice the length of annual leave notice at the time required off i.e. if you wish to have one week’s annual leave, you should provide two weeks’ notice. If you book more than two weeks leave in one go, one months’ notice must be provided.

– When arranging annual leave, your line manager will need to ensure adequate cover remains within your team or area of work during your absence.

– With the above in mind, annual leave within your team will be authorised on a first come first served basis with consideration of the business needs of the Museum.

– We understand there are times whereby you are unable to take all your annual leave within the leave year. In these circumstance consideration will be given to staff carrying over a maximum of 5 days annual leave (pro-rata for part-time staff), to be used by the end of April. This will be at the discretion of the Head of Human Resources or the functional Deputy Chief Executive. Staff will not be paid for any untaken leave.