Holiday pay update
By Angela Strzyzewska, Solicitor.
There have been recent developments in case law concerning workers’ holiday pay. In light of these developments,...
Good Work Plan - Government Proposals
The government has today announced proposed changes to workers’ rights, claiming that ‘the UK will become one of the first countries to address the challenges...
Holiday Pay for Voluntary Overtime
Should voluntary overtime be taken into account when calculating holiday pay?
Holiday Pay Claims
A gap of more than three months breaks the series of alleged unlawful deductions.
Holiday Pay Update
In October 2016, we reported that, subsequent to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) having dismissed the appeal of British Gas in the well-publicised ‘Lock’...
Holiday Pay Update
In our update 204 we explained that the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) dismissed the appeal of British Gas in the well-publicised Lock case.
European Court of Justice rules worker prevented from taking annual leave due to sickness can carry it forward to next holiday year
In the case of Sobczyszyn v Szkoła Podstawowa w Rzeplinie, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) considered whether a Polish teacher who was unable to take...
Holiday pay update
Many of our readers will already have read in the press that the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) dismissed the appeal of British Gas in the well-publicised Lock case.
Holiday Pay - Voluntary Overtime
The Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland has expressed the view that overtime which is entirely voluntary should be included in the calculation of statutory...
Holiday Pay - Limit on Claims
The Deduction from Wages (Limitation) Regulations 2014 came into force on 1 July 2015. The primary aim of the Regulations is to limit the impact on businesses...
Sick employees must request holidays to get holiday pay - Expert Comments
As regular readers of our updates will be aware, there has recently been a tide of court judgments upholding the rights of long-term absentees to receive...
Dismissed Worker and holiday pay - Expert Comments
Dismissed Worker entitled to previous year's holiday pay - EAT judgment has determined that a worker who had been on sick leave for an entire leave year was...