S48 Letter to require employee to take annual leave during ...

?LETTER TO REQUIRE EMPLOYEE TO TAKE ANNUAL LEAVE DURING FURLOUGHSample LetterThis letter must be transferred to your own letterhead, removing the title and all references to Peninsula and with all optional and personalised information completed.Use the Furlough Navigator available in BrightHR to help you manage furlough in your organisation. Please speak with your Advice Consultant if you would like more information about this.Employers can require employees to take annual leave provided that the appropriate notice is given which is double the length of the leave to be taken. If 2 days’ annual leave are to be enforced, 4 days’ notice is needed.Our Face2Face service consists of a team of advocates equipped to conduct, or support and assist you to conduct, any face to face meeting you are undertaking with your staff. For further information please speak to your HR Expert.right7402322Need Further Advice?T: 0844 892 2772E: advice@peninsula-W: peninsula-00Need Further Advice?T: 0844 892 2772E: advice@peninsula-W: peninsula-(Date)Dear As you know, you are currently a furloughed worker in accordance with the Government’s Job Retention Scheme that was put in place to assist businesses who have been impacted by the coronavirus. This allows us to obtain a grant to cover 80% of our wage costs during this challenging time.We are continually reviewing your furloughed worker status and are doing all we can to ensure that this period is as short as possible, though as you will understand, there are many factors involved in this including ones over which we have no control. We are also looking ahead to the time when we are able to get back to work on a more normal basis and to assist us in maintaining our operations when the restrictions begin to be lifted, we require you to use some of your holiday entitlement during furlough. To this end, we require you to take (number) days*/hours* of annual leave each month during your furlough period and this will*/will not* include any Bank Holidays which fall during this period. This amount will be pro-rated for part-time employees. Annual leave does not interrupt furlough, which will continue.For clarity, the (date(s)) of annual leave allocated to you are (e.g. the first Monday and Tuesday of each month that you are on furlough).(EITHER)You are receiving normal pay during furlough and you will continue to receive normal pay during annual leave. (OR)You have agreed to a reduction to 80% pay during furlough, however, payment for annual leave will be at your normal pay due to legal requirements. If you have any queries regarding the contents of this letter, please do not hesitate to contact me on (insert details).Yours sincerelyAlasdair Smith*delete/amend as appropriate ................
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