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Coronavirus: Your workplace questions

Steve Bridger

At this difficult time, we'd like to offer people managers (and others) who are not CIPD Members an opportunity to ask questions about their specific workplace challenges.

We hope that collectively, the Community will feel able to chip in with guidance and signpost support and resources where these exist.

Thank you. 

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  • Accruing Annual Leave during Furloughed Period:
    Clearly the accrual of annual leave is an additional cost that employers will have to take into account if at the end of the furlough period the outcome is redundancy - could anyone confirm that I have this correct? I appreciate the government has put in measures to allow people to carry over leave for two years, but in the event of a redundancy, would the only option be to pay accrued AL at 100% wage? Thanks.
  • in reply to Lucy
    The ability to carry forward four weeks of annual leave only applies where it was not reasonably practicable for a worker to take some or all of the leave as a result of the effects of coronavirus – “this will mean staff can continue working in the national effort against the coronavirus without losing out on annual leave entitlement” (gov.uk website). Therefore, if you aren't in that sort of organisation then you can continue with your existing annual leave policy.

    I was actually wondering what other employers, not in that sort of organisation, are doing around annual leave. Are the rules being relaxed at all where you work?
  • in reply to Andrew
    There’s nothing stopping all employers relaxing the rules ( or keeping them) the guidance is so wide as to capture everyone. The relaxation isn’t an instruction and doesnt prevent even those caught up in this enforcing their holiday rules if they deem it appropriate.

    We are still requiring staff to take sone leave as we believe it’s in their interests to do so.

    Most NHS staff are still required to take leave and often it’s in the rota.
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  • in reply to Andrew
    There’s nothing stopping all employers relaxing the rules ( or keeping them) the guidance is so wide as to capture everyone. The relaxation isn’t an instruction and doesnt prevent even those caught up in this enforcing their holiday rules if they deem it appropriate.

    We are still requiring staff to take sone leave as we believe it’s in their interests to do so.

    Most NHS staff are still required to take leave and often it’s in the rota.
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