My work was the same, in so far as IF you wanted to take AL and paid ML together you had to take the annual first.
But they shouldnt be able to force you to take annual leave if you dont want to? Or have I misinterpreted your post.
Be careful: if you take annual leave first and do t go back to work before ML starts, they can use the first day of your annual leave as the date to qualify for mat leave if that makes sense?
So if you needed 12 month service to qualify for mat leave and were cutting it fine, your Annual leave AND you mat leave BOTH have to start after the 12 months
Call the Ombudsman for workplaces - I can't remember his exact title but there is someone who takes care of workplace agreements to make sure that they are fair and everyone is getting a fair deal. They will be able to tell you what your entitlements are and if you have a case, fight for your rights.
It completely sucks that they are only mentioning this now ... even on that fact alone it is so wrong. If they have policies like that, they should have been upfront when you were arranging your leave. Telling you days before you take your leave after everything else has been sorted is wrong.
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