Need help and advice.

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Hello everyone, this is my first post so I hope I get the answer to my following question. I’m 20 year old, I left school at 17 and I did part time jobs until September 2018 because I never felt the need to work full time as I live with my parents. But in June 2018, I had an issue with my right knee, the NHS did a surgery which helped to get rid of the pain in my knee but they refused to fix the main issue in my knee, because after the first surgery I already was pain free, which resulted in my whole leg being pain free but taking a very weird shape and even when I walk, I limb a lot so I’m unable to walk normally. From September 2018 to today I did a full time job and I nearly earned enough money to pay for the knee surgery. My company already gave me the 20 days of annual holiday to be used before December 2019 but I really don’t want to keep working there because I’m highly allergic to dust and my current workplace produces, a lot, a lot of dust. So would it be illegal if I sold all the 20 days this month and left the job the following month, end of February 2019 instead of staying until December 2019? I would be able to prove that I’m highly allergic to dust with medical certificates.

[Matty B]

I’m not sure what you mean by sold all your holiday, who to?

If you handed your notice in they could deduct any overpaid holiday pay

[james_law]

Again as above, what do you mean by ''sold all your holiday''?

If you wanted to leave, I would suggest following your notice period in your contract if there is one. If not, then I would suggest if your paid weekly then a weeks notice or if you are paid per month then work a months notice. However its worth noting if there is not one then you can work a minimum of 1 week then leave.

What happens when you leave regarding holidays? When you leave, the amount of holiday you have accrued will be calculated and if you have used more than you have accrued then this could very well be deducted from your wages. If you have not used what you have accrued then your employer should pay you that amount.

hope this helps.