Annual leave
In the first year of your employment with Big Blue Door, you are entitled to a total of 28 days paid leave. This is made up of twenty days annual leave and eight bank/public holidays. You may sometimes be required to work on statutory bank/public holidays, in which case you will be given time off in lieu.
If you are a full-time, permanent employee, who has completed a full year with Big Blue Door, you will accrue an extra days’ annual leave for each completed year you work, with a maximum of ten extra annual leave days. Your holiday year commences on the first day of your employment and accrues as illustrated in the table below, on the anniversary of your start date.
| No. of completed years work at Big Blue Door | No. of annual leave days | No. of bank/public holiday days |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 20 | 8 |
| 1 | 21 | 8 |
| 2 | 22 | 8 |
| 3 | 23 | 8 |
| 4 | 24 | 8 |
| 5 | 25 | 8 |
| 6 | 26 | 8 |
| 7 | 27 | 8 |
| 8 | 28 | 8 |
| 9 | 29 | 8 |
| 10 | 30 | 8 |
In order to book annual leave please use People (by Wagepoint) - this system allows you to request annual leave, which is then authorised by your line manager. For the odd day off please book this in as soon as you know you need the time off, but for larger blocks of leave (a week or more) please try and schedule this in a month in advance if possible - just to allow the wider team sufficient time to ensure cover is in place in advance.
Sickness
If you are absent from work due to sickness or injury, you will be eligible to receive company sick pay for up to 10 days and statutory sick pay thereafter. Your qualifying days for statutory sick pay are Monday to Friday.
If you are sick, please inform your line manager via Slack, telephone, text or email as soon as practically possible. If you are sick for more than 7 days in a row (including non-working days) you will need to provide a doctor’s ‘fit note’ (sometimes called a ‘sick note’) for company records. During periods of extended sickness please keep your line manager updated when you are able to (this does not need to be daily).
Employees who are off work sick for more than 4 weeks may be considered long-term sick. A long-term sick employee is still entitled to annual leave, however, a Fitness to Return to Work meeting will be required with your line manager to assess if you can return to work or not. Other options, such as flexible and part-time work, will be considered as part of this meeting.
Compassionate Leave
Compassionate leave is designed to support staff in times of unforeseen emergency circumstances. Employees have the statutory right, no matter what their length of service, to take reasonable unpaid time off work to deal with an emergency. Alongside this statutory right to unpaid leave, the Managing Partners have discretionary authority to grant paid compassionate leave. Please discuss any specific requirements with Managing Partners.
Time off to Care for Dependents
Time off to care for dependents is available in situations requiring sudden and unforeseen crisis management. Employees have a statutory right to take unpaid time off to provide assistance or take appropriate action to deal with an emergency. Employees are asked to inform their line manager, as soon as practical, the reasons for their absence and how long they expect to be away from work.