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.
You should book and record your annual leave through the flexitime system.
Bank holidays and closure days
There are eight UK bank holidays each year. The University also closes for three or four days (depending on when Christmas falls) over the Christmas/New Year period.
If you are not at work because the University is closed for a bank holiday or closure day then you still need to use annual leave.
Regardless of working pattern, staff contracted to the same number of hours will be entitled to the same amount of leave.
Untaken annual leave
Employees are expected to take annual leave within the year it is accrued and any untaken annual leave may be lost. With the agreement of your line manager you can carry up to five days' leave into a new leave year on an irregular basis.
Your Head of Department may allow you to carry forward up to ten days' leave when you have not been able to take your annual leave due to a significant period of absence within the last six months.
Colleagues are encouraged to have taken within 25% of the leave accrued when transferring between roles. The University will not pay annual leave as an alternative to carrying it over to their new role.
