So I have the difficult task of having a discussion with an employee over a miscalculation of her holiday entitlement.
After bank holidays and the Christmas break, our staff are left with 20 days to take when they choose.
This particular employee is notorious for constantly swapping and changing her holidays and I think in all the confusion, I've miscalculated what she had left. So if she continues to take all the days off, in addition to what she's already had, she will have taken a total of 24 days this year. 4 days more than her entitlement.
My plan was to explain this to her and advise that she either needs to cancel 4 days holiday OR she is free to take the days booked, but have 4 days pay deducted (as we appreciate she may have made plans on those days authorised).
She's not the easiest person to deal with, she does a lot of reading and is quick to express employee rights. So my question is do I have the right to give her those 2 options OR can she argue that it's our fault, so she is entitled to take the days and be paid?
If it was just one day, I would probably just give all the other staff an extra day off to make things easier and fair. But we're a very small company, so 4 days means we lose approx £300 for time off she's not entitle to.
Any advice would be appreciated!
