We have a member of staff who has just returned to work after 8 months on sick leave. She has 17 days holiday left of her 2007/8 entitlment and the holiday year ends at the end of April. In general we are allowing staff to carry over 5 days holiday to the next holiday year for one month. We are also, however, allowing those who have more than 5 days holiday left to carry the rest over to be take during the course of the year – a discretionary arrangement for this year only because this is the first year we are trying to enforce the rule that all holiday should be taken in a holiday year and we have some staff who have traditionally always carried lots of holiday over. Should we treat the member of staff who has been away sick the same as the others – I suspect the answer is yes…
Jenny Doyle