Did You Know? New campaign highlights officers' entitlements

22 November 2018

Annual leave is the opening theme of a new national Federation campaign to raise awareness of officers’ entitlements.

The campaign – entitled Did You Know? – went live yesterday (21 November) and will focus on questions that the Federation receives from members. The aim is to highlight key issues and to make sure officers know exactly what they can claim as part of their role.

John Apter, chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, says:  “Every day officers across England and Wales go over and above the call of duty to protect the public. It’s essential that they claim their basic entitlements - especially at a time when their hard work and dedication is not being recognised in their pay packets.

“We will continue to fight for members’ best interests, but also hope this campaign will help officers to be aware of - and claim - what is rightfully theirs and help them to understand what support is out there.

“Officers work tirelessly to help the public: that is what they signed up to do and will continue to do, but it is important that if their much-needed day off is cancelled, or they miss an important family event because of work they get that time back or are compensated for it. Being a police officer means other parts of your life are simply put on hold and we need to ensure they are fully supported.”

On annual leave, the Did You Know? campaign raises the following questions:

How much annual leave am I entitled to?

If I have to work on a day of annual leave what compensation am I entitled to?

If I receive compensation for working a day of annual leave, what is ‘a day of annual leave’ and what is ‘a day’s pay’?

How much annual leave can I carry over at the end of the year?

Answers can be found in the updated Quick Reference Guide.

In the coming months, the campaign will also cover the topics of rest days, performance and pension buy-back. Information will be available and regularly updated at the Did You Know? page on the Police Federation website. 

Did You Know? is supported by the hashtags #KnowYourRights and #DidYouKnow.