Mandatory 2 weeks of annual leave

I work in the marketing team for a financial services firm in London. It’s mandatory to take 2 weeks off, but some staff have been exempt such as a PA or facilities manager etc…

I have asked to be exempt as those 10 days, equivalent to 10 weeks of Mondays I can look after my 20m. I take
Mondays annual leave
Tuesday he’s at nan
Wed/Thurs/Fri at nursery.

Work are NOT allowing me to be exempt from the 10days, I really need those 10days to take Mondays off each week.

We can’t afford to go away this year or locally in the UK, money is really tight.

Any advice?
I know my childcare is not works problem, but at least meet me half way!

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I have a friend at work and we've become really close over the years. But ever since I become pregnant she just doesn't understand anything I'm going through which is fine except for the fact that the past few days I have been exhausted physically and socially. We have been helping another friend out for about a month now and we've had to keep him entertained as he's going through a rough time right now and it's drained me socially . my friend at work is frustrated because I'm not talking a lot and I'm exhausted and she doesn't understand why and I'm just curious if anybody else has had issues with friends that are not going to the same thing or have gone through the same thing as you connecting with you because she's literally mad at me. She stopped talking to me at work today and I just don't understand what to do.

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Saw an interesting video and I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts on this topic!

So std rates are at an all time high as we all know. Do you think the mindset that body count doesn’t matter has contributed to the significant increase of STDs and HIV?

Secondly if someone says that body count doesn’t matter do you believe they are less likely to practice safe sex compared to people who believe in more traditional values?

I can’t put all the combinations in the poll so feel free to comment just yes/no answers

(If you’re going to reply please keep your responses respectful and polite.)

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Hey! 💕 I want to start a group chat or something so we can all connect.