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• Thread starter gemajiangjun
• Start date Aug 3, 2012

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gemajiangjun

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Beijing 中文 Hi, everyone, I want to make sure that "leave in lieu" means some time off for compensation, right? For example, I have to work on Sunday afternoon, but I can take half day off on Monday morning. And this half day is "leave in lieu", right? Can I say "The worker is entitled to leave in lieu in case that he or she has to work on weekends" ? B

boozer

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Bulgaria Bulgarian The question here is in lieu of what? Leave in lieu of payment? 'In lieu of' means 'instead of', so you have to specify what you are giving instead of what, in my view. PS. Where I work we call this 'compensatory time off' Last edited: Aug 3, 2012

PaulQ

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UK English - England

gemajiangjun said: Can I say "The worker is entitled to leave in lieu in case that if he or she has to work on weekends" ? Click to expand...

With the small correction, that's OK. In BE, "leave in lieu" is a set phrase meaning "time off in compensation for working at an unscheduled time or on a bank/public holiday", and the days thus taken are known as "lieu days" R

Rover_KE

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Northwest England - near Blackburn, Lancashire British English 'In lieu' means 'instead'. 'I have to work five hours overtime tomorrow. I won't get paid, but I'll get a day off in lieu.' Rover G

gemajiangjun

Member

Beijing 中文 Thank you all, and I suppose this phrase is more used in BE, I'm not sure.

Sherlockat

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Australia Castilian (Patagonian)

PaulQ said: With the small correction, that's OK. In BE, "leave in lieu" is a set phrase meaning "time off in compensation for working at an unscheduled time or on a bank/public holiday", and the days thus taken are known as "lieu days" Click to expand...

In Aussieland is "TOIL" which means "Time Off In Lieu (of Overtime)" http://www.fairwork.gov.au/pay/overtime/pages/default.aspx http://www.mecfs-vic.org.au/sites/www.mecfs-vic.org.au/files/MECFSVic-Policy-TIL.pdf

PaulQ

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UK English - England TOIL has reached the UK too. G

gemajiangjun

Member

Beijing 中文 I finally decided to use "compensatory time off" in my response to an offer letter. That's clear, and the employer will not have to use a dictionary if she doesn't understand "TOIL". Thank you all for your help. B

boozer

Senior Member

Bulgaria Bulgarian In fact, 'toil' is a word in its own right.

panjandrum

Senior Member

Belfast, Ireland English-Ireland (top end) Where I worked, time off in lieu was the term used, and often abbreviated to TOIL. This was not the same as leave, and the term "leave in lieu" was never used. I suppose the difference being that leave is part of the employment contract whereas TOIL was time off in lieu of payment for overtime working. I believe this is consistent with Sherlockat's links

Packard

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USA, English I don't believe that time off in lieu, or leave in lieu are fixed phrases in AE. At least I've never heard them used. I would need a telling bit of context to understand it. B

boozer

Senior Member

Bulgaria Bulgarian It looks like the police in Manchester use both 'compensatory time off' and TOIL. http://www.gmp.police.uk/mainsite/0/980A7079A873EA3D8025799200537316/$file/Family%20and%20Dependant%20Leave%20policy.pdf P

pob14

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Central Illinois American English The board is eating my posts today! Anyway, I agree with Packard; we use "compensatory time" or just "comp time." TOIL in this context would have mystified me completely before I read this thread. You must log in or register to reply here. Share: WhatsApp Email Share Link

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