Annual leave

With the end of the year in sight, now is the time to start thinking about taking your leftover annual leave in case your employer does not allow carrying over the annual leave entitlement to the next year. One the other hand, at the same time you will have those who did not leave themselves enough days to spend time with the family and friends at Christmas.

In the English language we can talk about the annual leave using several different words or phrases. Whereas in the United Kingdom employees talk about annual holiday, holidays or, informally, hols, in the United States of America this period of time is known as vacation or, informally, vacay and vac. Following…