Woman Quits Job To Go To Royal Wedding

[Cowtipper]

It must have been a crappy job.

http://www.kmbc.com/r/27672972/detail.html

[Buenchico]

As I understand it, a certain KM deliberately gave up any chance of ever doing a real job, precisely because she was absolutely determined to go to a Royal wedding ;-)

[craft1948]

oooh Chris you old cynic :-)

[boxtops]

Oh dear.....

[Barmaid]

But without a certain KM, Chris, there wouldn't be a Royal Wedding. At least not this month anyway.

I was musing earlier with my clerks whether we can get Harry fixed up in the next 3 months because I need another day out when the phones don't ring without taking up my weekends!

[albaqwerty]

Hope she's got savings cos she won't be getting Job Seekers Allowance. Wotawazzockess.

[ELVIS68]

No such thing as Annual leave over there then?

[boxtops]

You can only have annual leave if your employer agrees, elvis - hers didn't.

[ELVIS68]

If you give them more than two weeks notice you can have it

[craft1948]

I couldn't Elvis, not if the boss thought it was going to affect the business.

[sandyRoe]

If one of the older Royals dropped of the perch on the morning of the nuptials would it be cancelled?

[craft1948]

No but the dance might be cancelled............

[Lore]

If I quit my job to attend the wedding, would any of you lovely abers put me up for the night whilst I'm there? :p

[RoganJoshPete]

ELVIS at my last place to have a Friday night shift off you had to book it 6 months in advance with the gaffers permission.

[ELVIS68]

So you work and let them choose your holidays for you?

[craft1948]

No but there were certain times you couldn't ask for leave. I was never allowed annual leave at the financial year end.

[albaqwerty]

There are some jobs which dictate when you can have holidays depending upon the nature of your work. Some companies can be accommodating if you ask for a day off with sufficient notice.

[Buenchico]

Ignoring the fact that employment laws are different on the other side of the Atlantic, Elvis, UK employers have every right to determine exactly when their employees can take their holidays. (The schools system would be in chaos if teachers were free to decide when they'd take their holidays!).

Some people might have contractual (or informal) arrangements where they can take time off whenever they like (with sufficient notice) but it's certainly not the norm.

An employer could give a Monday-to-Friday worker every other Wednesday off, plus a couple of extra days of his own choosing, while insisting that the employee attends for work on all public holidays including Christmas Day. The employee would never get more than two days off at a time, and so could never book a week away, but the law would have been complied with in full.

[ELVIS68]

I get 25 days Annual leave plus any lieu leave from worked bank holidays and the rules are 2 weeks notice, if you want short notice annual leave they`ll let you have it if no-one else is off

[Lore]

I was going to post earlier about the fact that I can't take any days off ( I actually feared for my life with the onslaught of.... school staff have too many holidays :p) but seeing as Chris mentioned it... it is a pain at times. Even leave for funerals are frowned upon and with my last head - if the funeral wasn't for immediate family then it would be classed as unauthorised leave and therefore, unpaid - with a ticking off to boot.