Human Resources

Entitlement

• The full-time entitlement to annual leave is 30 days plus 8 public holidays a year, or 281.2 hours (38 days x 7.4 hours a day).
  • News: extra public holiday in June 2012 for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
• If you work part-time your entitlement is reduced pro-rata based on the number of hours a week and/or the number of weeks a year you work.

Leave year

• For most staff the leave year runs from October to September. Your manager will tell you if your department operates differently.
• If you join or leave part-way through the leave year, your entitlement is based on the proportion of the leave year you will work.

Taking annual leave

• Agree the dates of your leave in advance with your line manager. Try and give as much notice as possible, especially when taking large blocks of leave.
• Your department will have a system for recording leave which you should use.
• The University closes for three or four days over the Christmas/New Year period. You need to use annual leave for these closure days if you would otherwise be at work.
  • News: University closed for four days over the 2012 Christmas/New Year period

Untaken annual leave

• With the agreement of your line manager you can carry up to five days' leave into a new leave year.
• Exceptionally, and only with the agreement of your Head of Department, you may be allowed to carry forward up to ten days' leave.