What you need to know
Enhanced Leave gives Regular Service personnel who have completed 15 years of service the opportunity to apply to take an extended block of 50 days leave in one continuous period in lieu of their 30 days Annual Leave Allowance (8 days’ Annual Leave must be retained for public holidays).
It is important that you have read and understood JSP 760 - Tri-Service Regulations for Leave and Other Types of Absences before proceeding.
Any leave carried over from the previous year will still be available for you to use, as is any leave transferred from a serving spouse/civil partner or called forward from your next leave year.
Enhanced Leave is granted at the absolute discretion of the Service; it is not a right and will only be permitted if resilience margins allow and if it doesn’t compromise operational capability. This means that inevitably some applications will be refused.
resilience margins are an agreed number of posts to which Service Personnel can be assigned when they are unable to do their normal job eg because they are on maternity leave or sick
Enhanced Leave is meant to provide long-serving personnel an opportunity to do something that they would not be able to achieve under normal annual leave arrangements. It might be the holiday of a lifetime, a long civilian expedition or external course, or an extended period with family. Taking 50 days (effectively 10 weeks’ leave) in one go will need considerable advance planning.
You should consult your Chain of Command and Career Manager well in advance before you apply.
What you need to do
Providing the leave entitlement has been added on JPA by your Unit HR Admin, and you have the agreement of your Chain of Command, if you have a Defence Gateway account you can then book it from your own personal device, using MyLeave (part of the My Series). You can view a video showing you have to use the app (Modnet access is required).
You can also book it through JPA. The Flexible Working page can help with this process.
If you don’t have access to JPA then you should send JPA Form R001 to your line manager.
