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Neil Shaw

Coronavirus: Martin Lewis speaks out on rules about annual leave

As we face weeks, and likely months, of coronavirus lockdown, you may be wondering what happens to your allotted annual leave if you end up not taking it.

Companies each have their own rules and usually either say all holiday time off work has to be taken by the end of the cycle - or you can carry over a certain number of days.

However, Wales Online reports the government announced annual leave would be able to be carried over due to the ongoing pandemic.

Clarifying what this means for workers on Twitter, Money Saving Expert's Martin Lewis confirmed all workers affected by the crisis will be entitled to carry over any unused annual leave for two years

He said: "CONFIRMED: The ability to carry over unused annual leave for up to 2yrs due to working during Covid-19 is for all workers not just key workers...

"Yes it’s for everyone; technically any firm affected by Covid, but there aren’t many people that doesn’t apply to right now."

He went on to say that furloughed employees are not in this category as they are not working right now.

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