I don't agree with this. I work for a British multinational and carry forward 5 days each year, I've also worked for other British multinationals in London and the same applied. They try to make you take all the leave but it never quite works out that way when they're asking you to work all the time so they have to compromise.Nath21 wrote:Annual leave is typical for English company but unusual on a salary in that range and not the normal in singapore. Be careful you may not get to use if your employer is dodgy. If it is an english company you usually cant carry forward unused leave.
In the UK you must generally take leave during the year and there is no law requiring them to carry forward where as in Australia there is a legal requirement as you have earned the holidays and can carry forward until ceasment of employment or the company is liquidated. The difference of 5 days allowed to be carry forward represents someone usually on 25 days leave compared to the more normal 20 days, thus the company allows you to "bank" those extra 5 days. This is up to the company though and some firms dont allow this as its considered an extra entitlement. Even in a english MNC they will "usually" have leave staggered on salary ranges in Singapore to more closely reflect local entity comparable entitlements. Therefore staff in singapore at my firm get anywhere between 17-25 days off annual leave with 6 days carry forward for staff on 20-25 day entitlements.JayCee wrote:I don't agree with this. I work for a British multinational and carry forward 5 days each year, I've also worked for other British multinationals in London and the same applied. They try to make you take all the leave but it never quite works out that way when they're asking you to work all the time so they have to compromise.Nath21 wrote:Annual leave is typical for English company but unusual on a salary in that range and not the normal in singapore. Be careful you may not get to use if your employer is dodgy. If it is an english company you usually cant carry forward unused leave.
I am aware that there is no law for them to carry forward leave, I never said that in my reply. However, I disagree with your statement that 'usually' they won't carry it forward as in my experience this has not been the case nor has it been the case for friends in the UK or those working for UK companies abroad.Nath21 wrote:In the UK you must generally take leave during the year and there is no law requiring them to carry forward where as in Australia there is a legal requirement as you have earned the holidays and can carry forward until ceasment of employment or the company is liquidated. The difference of 5 days allowed to be carry forward represents someone usually on 25 days leave compared to the more normal 20 days, thus the company allows you to "bank" those extra 5 days. This is up to the company though and some firms dont allow this as its considered an extra entitlement. Even in a english MNC they will "usually" have leave staggered on salary ranges in Singapore to more closely reflect local entity comparable entitlements. Therefore staff in singapore at my firm get anywhere between 17-25 days off annual leave with 6 days carry forward for staff on 20-25 day entitlements.JayCee wrote:I don't agree with this. I work for a British multinational and carry forward 5 days each year, I've also worked for other British multinationals in London and the same applied. They try to make you take all the leave but it never quite works out that way when they're asking you to work all the time so they have to compromise.Nath21 wrote:Annual leave is typical for English company but unusual on a salary in that range and not the normal in singapore. Be careful you may not get to use if your employer is dodgy. If it is an english company you usually cant carry forward unused leave.
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