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.
Recent decisions by major employers such as Barclays and Lloyds to bring all contractors onto payroll have ruffled feathers in...
A Muslim woman has been awarded more than £22,000 in compensation after a company director made derogatory comments about her...
Bookmaker Betfred has hit by a payroll issue affecting holiday pay for staff who had worked overtime.
The company’s automated...
The youngest and oldest staff working in atypical ways, such as temporary work, are the most at risk of missing...
How should you calculate holiday pay for a term-time worker without regular hours?
A recent Court of Appeal decision, The...
Increasing minimum holiday entitlement and wages would help solve the UK’s productivity crisis and stimulate economic growth, a think tank...
Holiday pay for permanent staff who only work part of the year – such as term-time workers – should be...
There are limits to the circumstances in which employers can take a candidate’s past criminal convictions into account when deciding...
One in 14 UK workers are not receiving their legal holiday entitlement, with more than one million people not getting any paid leave at allÂ
The government has announced proposals for a single labour market enforcement body which will have powers to enforce minimum wage...
Molson Coors Brewing Company is offering staff up to two weeks’ extra paid annual leave to be used for significant...
Conservative leadership contender Jeremy Hunt has threatened to cancel all August annual leave across the civil service in order to...
Can an employer ignore a grievance if the employee no longer works for the organisation?
The most popular FAQ on...
Employers must now consider any voluntary overtime that is taken regularly in holiday pay calculations
Outsourced workers at two government departments are striking over low pay and changes to pay cycles which a union has...
