From 1 October 2020, staff will be able to use the Carry Over Holiday Request on the ServiceNow HR Portal to request to carry over of remaining holiday entitlement if exceptional circumstances have prevented them from taking their leave within the holiday year. Requests will be sent to line managers for approval before being routed to the HR team to update the new holiday year’s entitlement in MyHR.
As per guidance issued, the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic will not be considered an exceptional circumstance which prevented staff from taking leave other than in some specific roles, for example those who were in front-line of medical support for COVID-19. Please refer to your local management if you are unsure whether this is applicable to you.
Staff can request to carry over up to one week* of unused holiday, in exceptional circumstances and where their line manager agrees.
Staff will be able to make Carry Over requests until 17:00 on Friday 30 October 2020. Approved carry over holiday will be visible in 2020-2021 entitlements by January 2021.
For help on how to request Carry Over Holiday, please refer to the MyHR guide. You can also get in contact Ask HR for further assistance by raising an HR Issue on the ServiceNow HR Portal or calling Ext. 27547
*More than one week can be carried over where the employee has been on some form of family leave (e.g. maternity or adoption leave), long term sick leave for the majority of the holiday year or some specific roles related to COVID-19 as per the information above.
