Annual Leave Purchase Scheme 2025/26

The Annual Leave Purchase Scheme has re-opened for applications to be completed between Monday 27th January 2025 and midnight on Monday 3rd March 2025.

The scheme gives staff the opportunity to purchase either one or two additional weeks of annual leave (pro rata for those who work part-time), which will be paid for in equal instalments over the remaining months, between 01 April 2025 - 31 March 2026.

A request to purchase one or two weeks (pro rata for those who work part-time) will be considered and approved at the manager's discretion.
For employees with a birthday leave year, by requesting to purchase annual leave, they agree to change their annual leave year to 01 April - 31 March to comply with Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) (2014) regulations.

This scheme is available to all employees, except:

employees of the Council who have not completed 9 months’ continuous service at the time of making the request
Elected Members
Employees contracted to work term-time only
Employees under teacher’s terms and conditions or who pay into the Teachers’ Pension Scheme
Employees of a school Governing Body
Employees covered by a pre-existing arrangement for annual leave, for example, under a TUPE agreement
Agency workers
Employees where deductions will take their monthly payment below the National Living Wage for their contracted hours

Key Documents

Scheme
FAQs

Updating Timeware (Manager Guidance)

Guidance for Managers

How to apply

Applications MUST be submitted via Fusion. Please follow guidance below.

Guidance Document

Completed forms should be sent to HR Employee Services via:

leavepurchase@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk

Please do not submit hard copies. If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us via the leave purchase e-mail address above.