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.
If an employer does not provide a worker with paid leave, that worker’s right to it carries over until they...
Perhaps the general election means that the collective HR consciousness has its mind elsewhere, or maybe it’s the effect of...
An employment tribunal has held that ambulance workers’ compulsory overtime in respect of “shift overruns” should be included in the...
Half of people on zero hours contracts wrongly believe that they are not entitled to paid holidays, research by Citizens...
Putting together a short-term sickness absence policy can be one of the most daunting tasks an HR professional can face....
A watertight long-term sickness absence policy can give employees who are off work for an extended period the best chance...
A worker’s annual leave can be carried over into the following holiday year if sickness absence prevents holiday from being...
British Gas has been refused leave to appeal by the Supreme Court in the long-running case regarding the payment of...
XpertHR is running a short benchmarking survey on the annual leave entitlements offered by UK employers.
Take part in the...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) upheld a tribunal’s rejection of a claim that a Roman Catholic was not discriminated against...
What is the Chinese statutory public holiday entitlement for employees? Do employers have to pay a premium for working during...
With data and analytics playing an increasingly critical role in HR decision-making, latest analysis from XpertHR Benchmarking reveals the seven...
Drivers who work for logistics firm Wincanton at Argos’s distribution centre near Burton upon Trent have called off strike action...
We round up seven significant employment law decisions expected in 2017, with cases pending on employment status, equal pay, whistleblowing,...
What were the most significant employment case law decisions in 2016? Stephen Simpson counts down the 10 most important judgments...
