Decision details

1. That employees from priority 1 services (or those redeployed into priority 1 services), who have been unable to take leave due to the need to remain in the workplace to provide essential services due to the coronavirus pandemic, to be able to carry over up to 20 days untaken annual leave to be used across the next two annual leave years (2020/2021 and 2021/2022).

2. That 3 days of this leave can be carried over in the normal way in accordance with our local arrangements, with up to 17 more additional days recorded separately to ensure that leave is taken within the 2 year period specified.

3. That the Banking of Leave scheme be ‘suspended’ in order to avoid uncontrollable amounts of stored up leave for longer than the 2 years in these regulations. Employees who currently have ‘banked leave’ will still be able to book and use this leave in the usual way until it is all used.

4. If an employee leaves the Council and has leave carried over due to the coronavirus, this leave be paid for upon termination of employment