Not allowed holidays

If it is in print on the contract for this work placement then refer back to the agency for clarity. If it's not written on the contract it doesn't exist.

But.. it will still most likely rankle with your current employer one way or the other, especially if they find out that this trip was planned prior to starting.

I personally don't see you coming out on top in this situation. Temp workers are just that temporary and in some instances a bit like a probationary period which gives the employer the opportunity to access your work ethic.

I would think at best you will probably end up with whatever holiday pay you are due and told your services are no longer required after your return.

As for a reference, hmmm, as Mondeoman72 says above, it will be basic at best.

Let us know how this works for you.

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Lads, it's a temp job, no job is too busy that they can't work out how to give someone a week off in the middle of summer. Expecting someone to work 3 months straight with no leave is a big ask, especially when it's only being outlined at this point after hiring. If it was that important it should have been highlighted before hiring or in the person's contract.

Thread is full of wannabe Michael O'Leary's lol

Did you tell the agency you had holidays booked for August?

This has got to be a wind up surely?

How can someone old enough to have a job not know the basics of how the world works!

I despair for the future when I read uninformed entitled drivel like this!

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Expecting someone to work for 3 months with no leave is a big ask.... Lol seriously?

The way I’m reading it, the client had an expectation that you’d be there for the full 11 wks, presumably with the exception of sickness/an emergency.

The client may not have explicitly said that to your agent at the time. I would’ve thought it was kinda implied for such a short term contract that they weren’t anticipating a full weeks holiday - maybe they weren’t clear about that to your agent, or maybe your agent assumed by holidays, you meant accruing days off and using them on the odd day or two off. To be fair,you should have explicitly said to your agent about a full week off. Sounds like none of the 3 parties involved were entirely clear.

The reality of the situation is that if you do take this week off, you can kiss goodbye to it becoming a permanent role, or a decent reference. They’ll do a ‘reference’ confirming the dates that you worked there, but if they get asked on the QT, my take is that they’ll communicate their non-happiness with you taking a week off at their busy time while on a very short contract.

So it comes down to choices:

• if you want to have a chance at being made permanent, you’ll have to ditch the holiday
• if want them to give good feedback about you, ditch the holiday
• if you really really want the holiday, accept that they’re most likely not going to offer you a permanent role or give good feedback about you

Can your cousin come to Ireland, and you hang out together after work, and maybe go away for 2 nights together?