Advice about holidays due

[gibbo_ap]

greetings,

 

a quick sum up - i have 20 days holiday due to me. i have not had a day off since last summer (that wasnt a bank holiday/weekend/xmas). over summer i have a cc4 being installed, and 2 new servers to install. i want a full week off! and am 'willing' to take the rest off as long weekends.

 

i can possibly have the next half term off but i would prefer not to. but i am not allowed to have time off in term time.

 

am i correct in assuming that it is my employers responsibility to ensure i take the correct holidays? according to HR it is upto the heads discression.

 

what would you do about getting a good week off.

 

note: i am on 1 year temp contract as NM so i dont wanna be arsy but i need a break im donald ducked!

[SpuffMonkey]

As I understand it - you HAVE to have 28 days of holiday, though this can include Bank Holidays see Holiday entitlements: the basics : Directgov - Employment - so the Head has discretion over when, but cannot stop you from having your full entitlement - so you must both come to an arrangement over when the days will be taken.