However, employers do have discretion to refuse an annual leave request for specific dates in certain circumstances, provided the decision does not violate what’s in an employee’s contract and ...

Kate and Steve Kennedy, 30 and 45, from Leeds, bought a £25,000 campervan and decided to quit their jobs in 2017 to travel the world after her two-week annual leave request was denied.

Employers can also refuse an annual leave request if an employee does not have enough entitlement left in the applicable holiday period to take it. If staff have used up more leave than they have ...