Spring, sorry to disappoint you but I have never had a year when I have not taken all my leave. I have been here heading towards the double decade and never not been able to use all my leave every year. To me, those that tend to have leave left in the bank are those that still hold hope of using the spare days you have at a time that is already fully allocated. I look to use up my additional days when there are periods that allow the leave to be used, I do this because it is my leave and my health and I do not want it auto allocated or left in the bank. I brought up several children here and must say that the most leave I ever carried over was 7 days.
J