Yes. Employees have a legal right to carry over untaken annual leave if they’ve been unable to take it for certain reasons. Those reasons are;
– They’ve been on maternity or adoption leave or some other form of statutory parental leave;
– They’ve been on sick leave;
– They were unable to take leave due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Note that with the exception of leave carried over as a result of Covid-19, employees have 18-months to take carried-over leave. In the case of a Covid-19 carry over they may spread the annual leave over the following 2 annual leave years.
If the above circumstances don’t apply, then the carry-over of leave is dependent on what you agree or what is detailed within the employee’s contract of employment.