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braasmonkey wrote:

2 doors wrote:its my understanding that annual leave acrews 1 day per however many weeks, so if you have worked a certain amount of time then you should be intitled to ex amount of annual leave, why do you have to be employed for 12 months before being granted permission to use it???

just asking cause im curious,

next time something like this happens bash the pricks and stuff them in the vehicle, then the police can catch them (red handed) inside it,

Employees can ask to take leave in advance of earning their 12 month entitlement, but approval is at the discretion of your employer. That's just their legal right unless discussed, agreed and noted in your employment contract/agreement upon commencement. Also, your employer cannot deduct any annual leave/holidays in advance without a written request and your approval.

Direct copy/paste from the Department of Labour (Employees who take annual holidays in advance of entitlement):

"The payment for holidays taken in advance is still based on the greater of the employee’s ordinary weekly pay or average weekly earnings. To calculate average weekly earnings where the employee has less than 12 months’ service, the gross earnings from starting work until the last pay period before the holiday are divided by the number of weeks worked."

More information can be found here

- Braasy

classicdat wrote:

braasmonkey wrote:

2 doors wrote:its my understanding that annual leave acrews 1 day per however many weeks, so if you have worked a certain amount of time then you should be intitled to ex amount of annual leave, why do you have to be employed for 12 months before being granted permission to use it???

just asking cause im curious,

next time something like this happens bash the pricks and stuff them in the vehicle, then the police can catch them (red handed) inside it,

Employees can ask to take leave in advance of earning their 12 month entitlement, but approval is at the discretion of your employer. That's just their legal right unless discussed, agreed and noted in your employment contract/agreement upon commencement. Also, your employer cannot deduct any annual leave/holidays in advance without a written request and your approval.

Direct copy/paste from the Department of Labour (Employees who take annual holidays in advance of entitlement):

"The payment for holidays taken in advance is still based on the greater of the employee’s ordinary weekly pay or average weekly earnings. To calculate average weekly earnings where the employee has less than 12 months’ service, the gross earnings from starting work until the last pay period before the holiday are divided by the number of weeks worked."

More information can be found here

- Braasy

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