Employees do not have a statutory right to take annual leave whenever they like, even if they give good notice. Working time regulations simply require that employees are able to take entitlements, but I think that it depends on contractual issues in each case.
Work and Families Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord McKenzie of Luton
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 9 March 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee proceeding on Work and Families Bill.
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