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Commission

Employers commonly pay employees, typically salespeople, commission as part of their performance-related pay.

One area of controversy is the treatment of commission in holiday pay calculations (Lock v British Gas Trading Ltd).


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    Lock holiday pay case: Court of Appeal hearing set for July

    by Personnel Today 4 May 2016
    by Personnel Today 4 May 2016

    Law firm Eversheds has said its appeal on behalf of British Gas against the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision in ...

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    • Holidays and holiday pay

    Lock holiday pay decision: how employment lawyers reacted

    by Personnel Today 23 Feb 2016
    by Personnel Today 23 Feb 2016

    Yesterday it was confirmed that British Gas lost its appeal in its long-running case against one of its sales staff,...

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    Holiday pay case: EAT confirms employers must pay commission

    by Jo Faragher 22 Feb 2016
    by Jo Faragher 22 Feb 2016

    Employers will have to pay commission as part of holiday pay, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed.
    The decision...

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    Expensive employment tribunal awards: six-figure sums in 2015

    by Stephen Simpson 6 Jan 2016
    by Stephen Simpson 6 Jan 2016

    While employment tribunal fees have drastically reduced the number of cases and typical awards for claimants are generally four-figure sums,...

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    • Holidays and holiday pay

    EAT hears Lock case on commission in holiday pay

    by Stephen Simpson 10 Dec 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 10 Dec 2015

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) heard the appeal in the important case British Gas Trading Ltd v Lock and another,...

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    • Holidays and holiday pay

    Easyjet cabin crew will receive commission in holiday pay

    by Jo Faragher 28 Sep 2015
    by Jo Faragher 28 Sep 2015

    Easyjet has become the first airline to compensate staff for underpayment of holiday pay following the landmark British Gas v...

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    Holiday pay: British Gas to appeal Lock tribunal commission judgment

    by Personnel Today 5 May 2015
    by Personnel Today 5 May 2015

    Law firm Eversheds has announced that it has lodged an appeal on behalf of British Gas against the employment tribunal...

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    Has the holiday pay reference period been decided by Lock v British Gas?

    by Ruth Christy 28 Apr 2015
    by Ruth Christy 28 Apr 2015

    If commission should be included in holiday pay, what reference period should be used to calculate how much an employee...

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    • Holidays and holiday pay

    Holiday pay: tribunal decides to include commission

    by Stephen Simpson 25 Mar 2015
    by Stephen Simpson 25 Mar 2015

    The judgment in the important employment tribunal decision Lock v British Gas Trading Ltd, which deals with the inclusion of...

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    • Holidays and holiday pay

    Holiday pay: employment tribunal hears case on inclusion of commission

    by Personnel Today 9 Feb 2015
    by Personnel Today 9 Feb 2015

    The extremely significant holiday pay case on whether or not the calculation of paid annual leave should take account of...

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    Holiday pay, overtime and commission: making sense of annual leave

    by Rob Moss 14 Jan 2015
    by Rob Moss 14 Jan 2015

    ON DEMAND | How should employers account for commission and overtime when calculating an employee's holiday pay?

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    Top 10 HR questions in November 2014: Shared parental leave and holiday pay

    by Personnel Today 1 Dec 2014
    by Personnel Today 1 Dec 2014

    Predictably, the most popular questions in November related to the Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014, which came into force on...

    • Commission
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    • Case law

    What are employers’ options as they await major rulings on holiday pay?

    by John Charlton 30 Sep 2014
    by John Charlton 30 Sep 2014

    A number of important cases on holiday pay entitlement are going through the courts, and the outcomes could leave employers...

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    Calculating holiday pay: commission can no longer be discounted

    by Darren Newman 28 May 2014
    by Darren Newman 28 May 2014

    Consultant editor Darren Newman explains the potentially costly implications of a recent ruling on calculating holiday pay where workers receive...

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    • Holidays and holiday pay

    Holiday pay must include commission, rules European Court of Justice

    by Jo Faragher 22 May 2014
    by Jo Faragher 22 May 2014

    The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that employers must include commission in holiday pay.

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