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.
The traditional Japanese idea of “lifetime employment”, with a full-time employee working for the same employer until retirement, has been...
Ambulance workers in four counties will receive backdated holiday pay after a victorious claim for “overrun” payments.
The South Central...
Yesterday it was confirmed that British Gas lost its appeal in its long-running case against one of its sales staff,...
Employers will have to pay commission as part of holiday pay, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has confirmed.
The decision...
Some employees are set to suffer a breach of their annual leave rights...
An employment tribunal found that London Underground was entitled to turn down an employee’s request for five consecutive weeks’ annual...
Do blue-collar and white-collar workers have to be paid at different intervals? Is it mandatory to pay Mexican employees a...
Anyone thinking that the UK’s upcoming grandparental leave is unnecessary meddling by law-makers should look beyond these shores at the...
Many employers will have been affected by the severe storms over recent weeks. The top FAQ on XpertHR in December...
The Police Federation of England and Wales has agreed to include overtime in holiday pay for officers from next year....
We round up eight significant employment law decisions expected in 2016, with cases pending on holiday pay, redundancy consultation and...
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) heard the appeal in the important case British Gas Trading Ltd v Lock and another,...
What were the most significant employment case law decisions in 2015? We count down the 10 most important judgments for employers this year.
FAQs on the cancellation of annual leave were among the most popular in November, in our monthly round up.
If...
Employers in Puerto Rico must take account of both US federal and Puerto Rico labour law. This dual legal system...
