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• Should be aware that at certain peak trading times it may be necessary to limit the number of
people taking holidays at any one time.
• Should any employee who has had their leave denied due to operational requirements then
go on unauthorised absence this will be treated as a disciplinary offence and the employee
may be subject to disciplinary proceedings.
• Only two weeks holidays are to be taken at any one time. Only a MANAGER has the authority
to approve holidays for a period longer than two weeks. A minimum of two weeks’ notice must
be given for all holiday requests, the dates of which are to be requested and approved by prior
arrangement with the company.

4.1.4 Carrying over Holidays into the following holiday year
Holiday entitlement for one year may not be carried forward to the following year, unless otherwise agreed in
writing with a MANAGER. The maximum number of days that can be carried over is 3 days, which must be taken
within the first 6 months of the following leave year. Employees who fail to take Annual Leave during these time
periods may be compelled to take their leave at the request of a MANAGER, subject to 1 months’ notice or
otherwise they may be subject to disciplinary proceedings.

4.1.5 ACCRUING ANNUAL LEAVE DURING PERIODS OF CERTIFIED SICKNESS
Statutory annual leave may be accrued during a period of certified sick leave. Employees on long-term sick leave
can retain annual leave they could not take due to illness for up to 15 months after the end of the year in which
it is accrued. Workers who leave their employment within 15 months of the end of the year in which this annual
leave was accrued, are entitled to payment in lieu of this leave which was untaken due to illness.

4.1.5 Public Holidays
Qualifying employees will be entitled to all nine public holidays but subject to seasonal demand, which are as
follows:

• New Year's Day (1st January)
• St. Patrick's Day (17th March)
• Easter Monday
• First Monday in May
• First Monday in June
• First Monday in August
• Last Monday in October
• Christmas Day (25th December)
• St. Stephen's Day (26th December)
Part-time or casual employees must have worked at least 40 hours in the five weeks ending on the day before
the public holiday in order to qualify for the public holiday.
In respect of each public holiday an employee's entitlement is either:

(a) A paid day off on the public holiday; or
(b) A paid day off within a month; or

(c) An extra day's annual leave; or
(d) An extra day's pay

The Company reserves the right to determine which of the above options is chosen. If an employee is absent
from work immediately prior to the public holiday for one of the following reasons, then they will not be entitled
to that public holiday:
a. 52 consecutive week’s absences for occupational injury.

b. 26 weeks absence for illness or injury other than occupational injury.

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