The annual leave year is 1 April – 31 March. Entitlements (expressed in 8 hour days) will be as shown below:
Length Of Service |
2018 |
2019 |
Less than 2 years' relevant service | 22 | 22 |
2 or more years' relevant service | 25 | 25 |
5 or more years' relevant service | 25 | 25 |
10 or more years' relevant service | 27 | 27 |
15 or more years' relevant service | 28 | 28 |
20 or more years' relevant service | 30 | 30 |
Officers whose service date appears in the middle of an increment year will be entitled to leave as set out below.
2018/19 |
Less than 2 years |
2 years |
5 years |
10 years |
15 years |
20 years |
April 18 |
22 (176 hrs) | 25 (200 hrs) | 25 (200 hrs) | 27 (216 hrs) | 28 (224 hrs) | 30 (240 hrs) |
May 18 |
22 (176 hrs) | 25 (200 hrs) | 25 (200 hrs) | 27 (216 hrs) | 28 (224 hrs) | 30 (240 hrs) |
Jun 18 |
22 (176 hrs) | 25 (200 hrs) | 25 (200 hrs) | 27 (216 hrs) | 28 (224 hrs) | 30 (240 hrs) |
July 18 |
22 (176 hrs) | 25 (200 hrs) | 25 (200 hrs) | 27 (216 hrs) | 28 (224 hrs) | 30 (240 hrs) |
Aug 18 |
22 (176 hrs) | 24 (192 hrs) | 25 (200 hrs) | 27 (216 hrs) | 28 (224 hrs) | 30 (240 hrs) |
Sept 18 |
22 (176 hrs) | 24 (192 hrs) | 25 (200 hrs) | 27 (216 hrs) | 28 (224 hrs) | 30 (240 hrs) |
Oct 18 |
22 (176 hrs) | 24 (192 hrs) | 25 (200 hrs) | 26 (208 hrs) | 28 (224 hrs) | 29 (232 hrs) |
Nov 18 |
22 (176 hrs) | 24 (192 hrs) | 25 (200 hrs) | 26 (208 hrs) | 28 (224 hrs) | 29 (232 hrs) |
Dec 18 |
22 (176 hrs) | 23 (184 hrs) | 25 (200 hrs) | 26 (208 hrs) | 28 (224 hrs) | 29 (232 hrs) |
Jan 18 |
22 (176 hrs) | 23 (184 hrs) | 25 (200 hrs) | 26 (208 hrs) | 28 (224 hrs) | 29 (232 hrs) |
Feb 18 |
22 (176 hrs) | 23 (184 hrs) | 25 (200 hrs) | 26 (208 hrs) | 28 (224 hrs) | 29 (232 hrs) |
Mar 18 |
22 (176 hrs) | 23 (184 hrs) | 25 (200 hrs) | 26 (208 hrs) | 28 (224 hrs) | 29 (232 hrs) |
Subject to exigencies of duty you are entitled to:
- carry over no more than 5 additional days (40 hours) of annual leave into the following years annual leave period.
- bring forward 5 additional days (40 hours) leave to be taken in the final month of the leave year.
All requests for approval to carry forward annual leave must be submitted in the form of a report outlining the circumstances to the Inspector/Line Manager.
Sickness on Annual Leave
A member cannot be sick and on leave at the same time. Any annual leave falling within a period of sickness can be cancelled and taken at a later date as long as evidence can be provided of the sickness such as a Doctors fit note.
Recall from Annual Leave (Reg 33) Annex O Determination
A member is entitled to compensation where a recall from Annual Leave occurs.
Your entitlement under this regulation is now:
if you are recalled for more than two days, the third and any subsequent day is compensated at the rate of:
This applies to any period of absence of 3 or more days, where at least one day is shown as annual leave and the other days, if not annual leave, are rostered rest days, days taken as time off in lieu of overtime, public holidays (or days taken in lieu of such) monthly leave or any combination.
A day's pay to be defined as 8 hours, or the equivalent in respect of officers working alternative shift systems or part time.
Officers attending court who are recalled from annual leave, or unexpectedly recalled from other leave, will be compensated in respect of expenses incurred as follows:-