Carrying annual leave
We’ve had several members contact us with concerns about messages they have received from managers related to annual leave. UCU raised these matters most strongly with HR and a clarification has now been issued to managers, but we’re still receiving examples of erroneous emails being sent by managers. While the UCU officers agree people should generally take their leave during the year (and in many cases the university should reduce our workloads to allow us to take our leave), it is quite normal to be allowed to carry 5 days. It does need to be agreed by the head of school or service but members should expect a good reason if there is an objection; there should not be an unreasonable objection. The policy for academic and academic-related (professional and managerial) staff is: Unused leave entitlement may not normally be carried over from one year to another except that up to one week’s leave (pro-rata) may be carried forward for up to 3 months after the end of the leave year by agreement with the Dean of Faculty/Head of School. (Policy downloadable from the page on academic and academic related (professional and managerial) staff annual leave entitlement) HR managers have recently been … continue reading