Hi, thank you for you're reply. He has only just started doing this, to be honest this is just one of the issues we are currently having. The enforced holiday was a short notice shut down due both partners going on holiday, although this was at the start of our holiday year he still paid even though we had not accumulated enough days. He only informed us the week before Christmas that he would not be paying for holidays in this period if we hadn't accumulated them. This was a Christmas shut down so we had no choice, he also stated that we would shut for 2 weeks, using 7 holidays even though our contract states 5 maximum over Christmas, using the excuse that it was industry standard to shut for this period of time? Our contract is basically a letter with the only statement on holidays that we have 20 plus bank holidays, 3 weeks notice and they reserve the right to refuse if 2 or more members want the same time off.

Hello, I have been searching for information regarding holiday accrual. I have searched the forums and found one reference to this situation but I think the info given is now out of date. My employer has decided that we are not allowed to take annual leave unless we have built up sufficient holiday entitlement. I understand this is usually the case in the first 12 months of employment but I have been with the company 8 years now. It meant that 2 members of staff were not paid for any holidays over Christmas, due to not having sufficient holidays from an enforced holiday earlier in the year. I have looked at the working time regulations - regulation 13 but there is no longer a section that covers it. If he isn't supposed to be doing this then ideally i need some official document that states this so i can show him. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks