Employees must give you notice that they want to take a period of carer's leave.
They must tell you:
You can't require employees to supply evidence about their request for carer's leave.
If an employee wants to take a period of 1.5 days (or less), they must give you 3 days' notice.
If they want to take a period of 2 days or more, the notice must be twice the number of days requested (e.g. if they ask for 5 days, they must give you 10 days' notice).
An employer can't refuse a valid request for carer's leave.
However, you can ask the employee to postpone it if you reasonably believe that their absence during the requested period would unduly disrupt your business operations.
If you do this, you must:
The new date must be agreed by consulting with the employee – you can't simply impose it.
An employee can potentially start a claim at an Employment Tribunal if you:
Employees will have 3 months to start a claim starting from the date (or last date) when the leave was postponed or denied. This can be extended if it was not reasonably practicable for the complaint to be made within the time limit, but will depend on the particular facts of each case.
If a claim is successful, the tribunal can award the employee compensation.