NG Healthcare Staff Handbook

Your Holidays

• Pregnancy There is an automatic right to change your holidays if you are pregnant, a form is available from your unit manager for this and generally any holiday that was granted during a period that will now be covered by maternity leave will be added to the beginning or end of the maternity leave. • Swopping with another staff member on your unit You can apply to swop your holiday with another member of staff subject to: o It must be a member of staff who works on your unit in the same capacity as you or in your area of work. o It must be an identical swop (i.e. 4 days for 4 days not different amounts) although it can be for more than one holiday period if requested at the same time (i.e. 4 days in May and 6 days in June swopped for 4 days in Sept and 6 days in Oct). o All holidays involved in the swop must commence no sooner than 8 weeks after the date that the swop was applied for. o You can only apply to do this one in any one holiday year and it is discretionary. What if I commence work after 1 st April? New starters will be told how much holiday entitlement they have in the current holiday year as a part of their induction, they will be provided with the request form and then must request all their entitlement for the coming year.

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