<p>There is no central policy on buying/selling leave; instead, departments may consider introducing this benefit under their own delegated authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) recently launched a buy/selling of leave policy for the 2022 annual leave year. The policy was introduced to allow BEIS employees to exercise greater flexibility within their total reward package.</p><p> </p><p>All eligible BEIS staff were informed that they were able to access the benefit portal during a three-week window, to register their request to buy or sell up to 5 days (full time equivalent) annual leave. The three-week window ran from 3<sup>rd</sup> January 2023 to 23<sup>rd</sup> January 2023.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS issued communications via our Intranet platform on the 22<sup>nd</sup> November, the 16<sup>th</sup> December and a final reminder on the 5<sup>th</sup> January 2023.</p>