As previously communicated, many clients have already scheduled shutdown for the Christmas and New Year period. Please make sure you have spoken with your client to understand if this impacts you. Then, please ensure that your holiday leaves between now and the end of the year have been approved by your client and entered into Staff Central under ‘Planned Holiday Offset’.
You have the following options to cover for the Christmas / New Year shutdown:
- Use 2022 SIL & HLC – Use your available leave credits to cover for the December shutdown dates. If you have remaining SILs, you can rollover a maximum of 5 to support the New Year shutdown period. If any SIL is to be carried over to 2023 as Rollover Leave, this must be approved by your client.
- Use 2023 HLC in advance – If you do not have available leave credits to cover for December, these leaves will be unpaid. However, you can use 2023 HLC in advance to support the New Year shutdown period (for example 2-3 January). On 1 January 2023, all 2023 HLC will be awarded and can be used immediately.
Please note if you do not correctly file your holiday shutdown dates this will result in unpaid leaves.
If you have any questions regarding the Christmas shutdown or filing of leaves, please contact your optiBPO Account Manager.