Take it or leave it: How to balance holiday requests

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Take it or leave it: How to balance holiday requests

Fiona Mines
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Giving employees leave without pay raises the issue of what to do if they resign [Image: Susan Holt Simpson on Unsplash]

We need some guidance about leave. We have an employee who uses all their annual leave entitlement as soon as it becomes available and then requests leave without pay during the rest of the year to take further breaks. How do we manage this?

– Gone fishing, Northland

Employees are legally entitled under the Holidays Act 2003 to four weeks of annual leave after 12 months of continuous employment, which is four weeks