Annual leave

The annual leave year runs from 1 October to 30 September.

How leave is calculated in Oracle Fusion

In Oracle Fusion, annual leave is recorded in hours rather than days. This enables leave to reflect a colleague’s contractual hours and working pattern, including where they work part-time or compressed hours.

For part-time colleagues, the overall entitlement is adjusted to reflect their contractual working hours. Colleagues working compressed hours continue to receive their entitlement based on their full contractual hours.

When a colleague takes leave, the number of hours deducted reflects the hours they would normally have worked on that day.

Checking your annual leave balance and booking leave in Oracle Fusion

All leave must be booked in advance with your line manager who will advise you how much notice is required.

The amount of leave that you can take at any one time will depend on service needs. If you want to take more than two weeks off at any one time you should give your manager plenty of time to consider your request. 

You can check your annual leave balance and make a new request for annual leave in Oracle Fusion by selecting 'Time and Absence' under the 'Me' tab.  

Bank Holidays and University Closure Days

Bank Holidays and University Closure Days form part of a colleague’s overall leave entitlement. Oracle Fusion automatically calculates the bank holiday and closure day entitlement due based on the colleague’s working pattern and the University closure day calendar and adjusts their leave balance accordingly.

Where a Bank Holiday or University Closure Day falls on a day that the colleague would normally work, Oracle Fusion automatically adjusts their overall leave balance to reflect the hours they would normally have worked on that day. Colleagues do not therefore need to book annual leave for Bank Holidays or University Closure Days as the leave has been adjusted accordingly.

Compressed Working Patterns

Compressed hours enable a colleague to work their full contractual hours over fewer days or across a different working pattern.

For example, a full-time colleague might work their weekly hours over four longer days rather than five or work their contractual hours over nine days across a two-week period.

A compressed working pattern does not reduce the colleague’s overall annual leave entitlement. However, because annual leave is recorded in hours, when leave is taken the number of hours deducted reflects the hours the colleague would normally have worked on that particular day. This ensures that annual leave is applied consistently regardless of how contractual hours are distributed.