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.
Employers are not obliged to pay staff unable to return to work due to the suspension of flights from the...
From overtime and holiday pay to safety helmets for Sikhs, we round up the most popular HR questions in October 2015.
More than one-fifth (22%) of the UK workforce did not use all their paid holiday entitlement in 2014, suggesting employees...
XpertHR’s webinar An A to Z of legal changes 2015/16 took employers through recent and upcoming developments in employment law....
Easyjet has become the first airline to compensate staff for underpayment of holiday pay following the landmark British Gas v...
What do employers need to know about notice periods on the termination of employment? Ashok Kanani answers the top 10...
Austria offers its citizens some of the most generous holiday entitlements in the world, with some staff entitled to as...
The Rugby World Cup 2015 begins on 18 September and ends with the final at Twickenham on 31 October. While...
We round up five significant employment case law decisions that have already been made in 2015, and look at five...
As temperatures rise, employers have been checking their duties to employees in hot weather. The most popular FAQ on XpertHR...
Chile is host to many multinational businesses, and has one of the highest rates of working hours in the world....
Employees bringing holiday pay claims at employment tribunals on or after 1 July 2015 will only be able to claim...
There is no reason in principle why voluntary overtime should not be included in holiday pay, according to an important...
In a Northern Ireland Court of Appeal hearing today, the employer’s legal representatives have conceded that there is “nothing in...
A new service from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), to be launched on 8 June 2015, has meant...
