Holidays and holiday pay
Under the Working Time Regulations 1998, full-time workers are entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks’ annual leave in each leave year.
The calculation of holiday pay has been a major issue for employers in recent years. The trend has been for courts and tribunals to find that more than just base pay has to be included in holiday pay. This includes regular overtime and commission payments.
Single labour market body to enforce minimum wage and holiday rights
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Molson Coors offers staff two weeks’ paid ‘life leave’
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Hunt threatens to cancel civil servants’ August annual leave
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Top 10 HR questions June 2019: Ex-employee grievances
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Include regular voluntary overtime in holiday pay, judge rules
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Outsourced government workers strike over pay
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Top 10 HR questions April 2019: Maximum compensation, holiday entitlement and positive action
The annual increase to the limits on compensation that can be awarded in an...
Pimlico’s Charlie Mullins: Gig economy reform needed, but don’t vilify us
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Top 10 HR questions March 2019: Anonymous witness rights
If a witness in a disciplinary procedure wishes to remain anonymous, how can the employer balance their privacy against the...
‘Self-employed plus’ status agreed for Hermes couriers
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Top 10 HR questions January 2019: Holiday pay, overtime and tax on exit payments
How should employers deal with overtime when calculating holiday pay? Does it make a difference if the overtime is voluntary,...
Winter weather and work: five common employer queries
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Nine New Year’s resolutions for HR
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Uber drivers are workers, Court of Appeal rules
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Christmas in the workplace: 10 common employer queries
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