Boss approved my leave - now wants me to work it
Hi guys,
I’m working in hospitality in Australia - at a sports club
I put in my leave about a 8 weeks ago however my new boss didn’t approve it or look at it, so I resubmitted the leave a week ago and sent him an email regarding the issue.
Saying that I had to resubmit it if he can look at it and see if it can get approved. 1 day later he approved my leave for 3 weeks from end of July to mid august almost.
However I’m in management and it’s a medium sized sports club, our team has 4 managers that can close the venue including me, an extra duty manager that can open on weekends due to her family commitments and kids, and then we have our new venue manager that atm is currently jumping between 2 Venues, but he will be full time from June.
So then he called me 2 days ago saying how we need to discuss my leave as me and another coworker of mine are on leave at the same time for 2 weeks saying it’s not good for business. My coworker did put in his leave before mine aswell.
My boss said that we either have to shift my leave or take it later in August but I go back to uni in August so I wanna take my trip in July.
He said he will speak to me in person about it
I’m just wondering if he has any authority to say I need to cancel my leave even though he already approved it, he didn’t look at who else on his team is on leave so idk what to say / do I have already booked my flights for this holiday.
But he said to my other coworker that we both can leave that the person so put the leave in first has preference
My coworker who is going on leave at the same time sent an email saying that they can manage the rosters with us gone, because we have done this before. We go on leave the same time every year as our birthdays are in July / early August
Please tell me your thoughts or give any advice on this situation please
Much appreciated