Annual Leave Buy & Sell Scheme
We are pleased to confirm that employees are now able to submit a request under the Annual Leave Buy & Sell Scheme for the 2024/2025 leave year.
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 within the document. Requests under the scheme will require approval from the employee’s line manager and the People & Culture team.
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.
If the request to buy or sell annual leave is approved, employees will be notified of the resulting change in their monthly salary. 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 8 March 2024.
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.
All requests for carry over of annual leave need to be submitted 4 weeks prior to the end of the leave year.
If a request to carry over annual leave is approved, employees will be notified of this through the return of the Carry Over of Annual Leave Request Form with signed acceptance.
Please refer to the Museum’s Annual Leave Policy for further information.
Annual Leave Entitlement on Systems
As a reminder, annual leave entitlement for the 2024/2025 leave year will be 33 days (or equivalent pro rata for part time employees). Annual leave entitlements will be updated on Myhrtoolkit and Planday in April once all requests for the above have been received and processed.
If you have any queries in relation to the above please contact the People & Culture team ([email protected]).
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