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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
Partner/Director 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 Partner/Director. The maximum number of days that can be
carried over by agreement 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 Partner/Director, 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.
4.1.6 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)

Please note that Good Friday and Christmas Eve are not Public Holidays

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

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