Restricting travel abroad after 17th May?

Hi All,

A bit late to the party, but we also have a similar issue. Employees are requesting 10 days AL, travel to an Amber country (not tell anyone) and then suddenly require additional 10 days for quarantine on return and cannot work from home during this time. This can be taken either as a part of AL entitlement or unpaid leave, but the fact is that the employee is away from work for nearly 4 weeks, rather than planned 2. This has an impact on staff cover.

Reading the thread, my understanding is that we can ask the employee about their holiday plans and warn them that if they go to an amber or red country, any quarantine must be a part of the time off requested and that unplanned quarantine may be treated as unauthorised absence. Is that correct?

Pretty much yes. Clearly employees may choose not to disclose final destinations and may phone in "sick" when they are due back. But that's all part of management

Pretty much yes. Clearly employees may choose not to disclose final destinations and may phone in "sick" when they are due back. But that's all part of management