Originally Posted by
SCINHead
Leave is abated by the rate at which it is accrued (ie you lose 3 days/mth) arbitrary really if you take a month off in which you would otherwise have taken leave.
I believe the exception is the BOGOF offer, where you lose 50% of the leave that would have been accrued during your time off.
So if you take 2 months off, you lose 1 month of pay and 1 month of leave (3 days unless you are in a leave bonus year).
Depending on individual circumstances these options also have the benefit of getting some/all of your tax free allowance back. So the net effect is even better than at first sight.