To whom it may concern,
My question is in relation to my employer closing down the premises for 2 weeks over Christmas and paying us for doing so, but in the process he is taking the two weeks out of our accrued holiday? None of the employee's have asked for the time off and I certainly do not want two weeks taken out of my holidays. I have asked him to not pay me (but pay me for the public holidays), to which the response was - he would have to draft a legal agreement to do so. Is any of this legal? I am employed as a spring manufacturer under the manufacturing and associated industries and occupations Award/category. I can furnish you with a letter of my employer's reasoning of this issue, if it would help expedite this matter. I have a fishing trip booked in June next year (off Western Australia) and two weeks is not enough time to fulfil this pre-booked holiday.
Please advise at your earliest convenience
Kindest regards
Ben Walker
My question is in relation to my employer closing down the premises for 2 weeks over Christmas and paying us for doing so, but in the process he is taking the two weeks out of our accrued holiday? None of the employee's have asked for the time off and I certainly do not want two weeks taken out of my holidays. I have asked him to not pay me (but pay me for the public holidays), to which the response was - he would have to draft a legal agreement to do so. Is any of this legal? I am employed as a spring manufacturer under the manufacturing and associated industries and occupations Award/category. I can furnish you with a letter of my employer's reasoning of this issue, if it would help expedite this matter. I have a fishing trip booked in June next year (off Western Australia) and two weeks is not enough time to fulfil this pre-booked holiday.
Please advise at your earliest convenience
Kindest regards
Ben Walker