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Holiday Accrual during maternity leave, returning to work part time

Sarah Sheppard

Hello

I have an employee who will return to work after their 52 weeks of maternity leave. She has obviously accrued her holiday entitlement during her mat leave. She did not take any time off at the end of her maternity leave and of course will have the option of carrying the accrued holiday over into the next full holiday year.

This lady was working full time when she went on maternity leave.

However, as this employee is returning on a part time basis, the number of holiday days that have been accrued now translates into a very significant number of weeks of holiday. It is highly unlikely that she will be able to take all of that time off, even with a year to do so. Am I correct in thinking that if this is the case, this employee will simply loose that time once the next holiday year passes? 

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  • I had a similar situation some years ago, when the manager brought to my attention that the employee's holiday entitlement would make her involvement in a business-critical project almost impossible (actually, he was certain there was no "almost" in it, but I was less convinced). With impressive timing, she had begun her maternity leave five days after the start of the holiday year, so had carried over a portion of the previous year's allowance and bundled up the whole of the following year's allowance, and then returned with the full new year's allowance. I think, all totalled up, she had over 60 days' holiday owing.

    Between him and his returner, I agreed how much was considered to be viable to carry over and we paid the rest off.
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  • I had a similar situation some years ago, when the manager brought to my attention that the employee's holiday entitlement would make her involvement in a business-critical project almost impossible (actually, he was certain there was no "almost" in it, but I was less convinced). With impressive timing, she had begun her maternity leave five days after the start of the holiday year, so had carried over a portion of the previous year's allowance and bundled up the whole of the following year's allowance, and then returned with the full new year's allowance. I think, all totalled up, she had over 60 days' holiday owing.

    Between him and his returner, I agreed how much was considered to be viable to carry over and we paid the rest off.
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