Annual Leave Entitlement
We are pleased to confirm that the Museum will be honouring the additional bank holiday to mark the King’s Coronation (on Monday 8 May 2023) and this will be included in to the 2023/2024 annual leave entitlement. As a result, holiday entitlement for the 2023/2024 holiday year will increase to 34 days for full time employees and will be pro-rata for part time employees. This will be reflected against individual leave entitlements on Myhrtoolkit and Planday.
Annual Leave Buy & Sell Scheme
Employees are now able to submit requests to purchase additional annual leave or sell annual leave for the 2023/2024 leave year. Please note the maximum amount of annual leave an employee may buy or sell is the equivalent of one contractual week, however, the total holiday entitlement inclusive of any carry over or purchase of holiday cannot exceed 38 days for full time employees or the equivalent for part time employees. This means for the 2023/2024 leave year a full time employee who will be entitled to 34 days may only submit a request to purchase 4 days holiday.
Employees who wish to make a request must familiarise themselves with the Museum’s Buying & Selling Annual Leave Scheme and complete a Buying & Selling Annual Leave Form which can be found here. Requests under the scheme will require approval from the employee’s Line Manager and the People & Culture team.
If the request to buy or sell annual leave is approved, employees will be notified of the resulting change in their monthly pay. Adjustments in pay as a result of the scheme will commence from April, for a period of 12 months.
Requests must be received by the People & Culture team by no later than Friday 10 March 2023.
Requests to Carry Over Annual Leave
As a reminder, ordinarily untaken leave cannot be carried forward into the next leave year and will be lost. However, in exceptional circumstances a maximum of one contractual week may be carried over from one holiday year to the next. Please note that the total holiday entitlement inclusive of carry over (if approved) cannot exceed 38 days for full time employees or the equivalent for part time employees.
Approval must be sought from an employee’s line manager and the People & Culture team if an employee wishes to carry forward any annual leave into the next leave year. Employees should complete a Carry Over of Annual Leave Request Form which can be found here.
All requests for carry over of annual leave need to be submitted 4 weeks prior to the end of the leave year.
If you have any queries in relation to the above please contact the People & Culture team ([email protected])
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