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The original was posted on /r/newzealand by /u/Klimkit on 2024-10-06 07:49:10+00:00.

My employer has announced an extended shut down period over the Christmas break, citing finacial reasons. Interestingly, over the last 12 months alone, the company has made several acquisitions to ‘strengthen’ their marketshare.

Normally the company will shut from 24th Dec to the end of the 1st week of Jan, which roughly equates less than 60 of our allocated 160 hours annual leave. This year’s shut down, 13th Dec to 13th Jan will force employees to use 128 hours of the 160.

This will leave 32 hours or 4 days to use for the remaining 11 months. So 4 days over 11 months for emergencies and preventing burn out.

I’m full time and not part of a union. Is it legal to force employees to use 80% of their leave in one hit?

Cheers