Transfer of Leave

What’s it for? 

To help you balance work and home life commitments.

What do I get?

Transfer of Leave enables you to apply to transfer up to 10 days’ leave, from your annual leave allowance, to your spouse or registered civil partner if they are also a Service person. This limit is extended to 15 days if you are assigned to an Operational Tour of six months or longer and if you have accrued, or expect to accrue, an aggregated total of at least 180 days separated service during a leave year.

You must still be able to take a minimum of 28 days leave, including public holidays, in your current leave year as mandated under the Working Time Regulations.

How do I apply?

You should submit your application to transfer leave to your serving spouse or civil partner on JPA to your line manager for approval. The Absences (flexible working) user guide (which can be found at JPA user guides) tells you how to do this.   If approved, the application will then be sent to your spouse’s/civil partner’s line manager for their consideration.

If you don’t have access to JPA then you should send JPA Form R001 (which can be found at at JPA forms) to your line manager.