yes, the holiday year isnt finished yet there is 6 weeks or so left, my employer says that they cant give us the holidays we are due because there is not enough staff left to cover your leave. But i would assume that it would probably be cheeper for them to just pay us for the loss of holiday days instead of the alternatives. That is, denying us holiday without compensation and therefore lowering staff morale and motivation to work or having to employ agency staff to cover us when we are off (which would probably cost more financially and time wise what with training)

Thanks for the advice, Under the Holidays section of my contract it states: You must give at least 2 week snotice of proposed holiday days and these must then be approved by your manager. The Company reserves the right to refuse any holiday request and to nominate days which must be taken as holiday as part of your entitlement. You may not carry any unused entitlement forward to a subsequent year. It doesn't mention anywhere about compensation but it does say that if you terminate your employment "you will be entitled to pay in lieu of any unused holiday pro rated", Would you say that being paid for holiday entitlement that you have earned if you leave employment is correct, but that if you do not leave but haven't taken your holiday you should be due the money that would balance out not taking holidays?? Thanks

Hi, I have a quick question which i cannot figure out and do not know the legal rights for. I work in Scotland - if that makes a difference. It seems that due to low staff numbers a few of my colleagues including myself are not able to take our entire annual leave. It is my understanding that my employer will not pay us the money that we should have got for the unused annual leave days. We cannot carry these days over to the next year either. So that means that even though we have worked for enough hours to allow us the maximum number of days holiday we cannot take the days or be compensated. There are other staff who have taken all their holiday entitlement - so does that mean that those of us who have not are losing out??? Your help would be much appreciated Thanks