annual leave cant take any when required -to look after daughter

[adtheladuk1]

hi all
my situation is . i have a teenage daughter to which i have ,you could say joint custody of. now to book leave i have to contact childs mother in which turn she need to sort out her booking at work . we cannot plan this as there would be other people involved . ie in laws and so on .

now when it comes nearer to the skool holiday time we can then start to work round family and ourselves to who can look after her as and when .

now when it comes to me and my place , theres no leave at them times . so how am i supposed to look after my daughter .

not only in this situation but in others too . ie i dont hardly take leave and have loads of days available yet on our leave list i can have one full day in the next 3 months or 2 half days in that period . i will have loads of leave left when it comes to the year end and can only carry so many forward and will lose the rest . surey something can be done about this . i have not been able to book a days leave for the past 3 months too ..

our leave system is based on hours. example if some one wants an hour off, that full leave day has gone !!

please help

[Cellbar]

Firstly, you have a right to time off, and in this situation I would get in touch with ACAS as soon as possible.You also have '[caring responsibilities' which they are supposed to take into account.I would put in a written grievance about this as well, so that it is documented and it will force them into looking at the process itself.