Vacation Vexation : Managing employee leave during COVID-19

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With Europe opening up for tourism and UK lockdown restrictions easing, employers are receiving holiday requests for trips abroad from employees. Can you stop them if the destination is high-risk? What if they have to quarantine on their return? What if the trip is to visit overseas family? Some employees are also asking to cancel pre-booked trips to save up their holiday entitlement – do you have to agree? Our employment law experts Dan Begbie-Clench and Rose Smith guide employers through the thorny questions arising in respect of holiday in light of the COVID-19 lockdown.

Areas they look at include:

·    Can you force staff to take their accrued holiday?  
·    Do you have to let staff cancel the time off they had planned?
·    Do you have to permit staff to carry over holiday to the next holiday year?  
·    How should you interpret when it is “not reasonably practicable” to take holiday?
·    Can you stop staff from travelling overseas on their holidays?

This webinar follows the success of our recent When lockdown is lifted webinar, follow up Q&A and session on redundancy and consultation.

If you have any questions about the webinar, or you'd like to find out more about our employment law services please get in touch with Dan Begbie-Clench at dbegbie-clench@doyleclayton.co.uk or +44 (0)20 7778 7225.

The information given in this webinar on 2 July 2020 is for reference purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice and should not be relied upon as such. Specific legal advice about your own circumstances should always be sought separately before taking any action.