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Shorter Working Year

Lynnington3 · 2024-05-09 13:40:05

I was planning on taking SWY for 6 weeks this autumn , however , I’ve since been told that a max of 4 weeks can be applied for in my Department. This goes against the circular governing SWY. Is there anyway of getting around this?

09-05-2024 2:40pm

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Lynnington3

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I was planning on taking SWY for 6 weeks this autumn , however , I’ve since been told that a max of 4 weeks can be applied for in my Department. This goes against the circular governing SWY. Is there anyway of getting around this?

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#2 09-05-2024 3:09pm

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I'm assuming you're in the civil service.
The short answer is that rules like this don't go against the SWY circular - 14/2009.
Departments can develop such policies to deal with some of the legitimate concerns mentioned in the circular (some of these are in the "Application" section).
If you take a look at the NSSO page for SWY you'll see that DSP's restrictions are so established that they're specifically called out. The FAQ attached to the page also includes a question on this topic which confirms this.

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