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.
How should HR react to time off for the Euros final: productivity must be balanced with employee morale say HR professionals.
April 2024's most popular FAQs on Brightmine, formerly XpertHR, include queries around minimum wage rules and holiday pay.
Personnel Today provides an HR checklist of things to do in April 2024, as new employment laws come into force in the UK.
The top FAQ this month looks at how employers can support employees observing Ramadan, which this year runs until 10 April.
As a result of how the Easter bank holidays fall in 2024 and 2025, some employers will breach their employees’...
Last month's FAQs focus on upcoming law changes in April including carer's leave, irregular hours holiday pay, and flexible working.
Research finds the amount of holiday entitlement and the number of annual leave days taken fell in 2023 compared to previous year.
New employment law developments featured prominently in the top 10 HR questions for January 2024.
The government has published guidance on various 2024 holiday pay changes, including calcuations for part-year and irregular hours workers.
Poopular topics last month includes the carry-over of annual leave, irregular hours workers, working time record-keeping, and TUPE.
An employment lawyer says new holiday pay regulations that were hoped to simplify calculations for irregular hours workers are problematic.
Irregular hours workers’ holiday pay entitlement is calculated at 12.07% of the hours worked, up to a maximum of 28 days.
Regulator withdraws holiday pay brief that would have had impact on staffing firms that provide 'contract for services' arrangements.
The government will introduce rolled-up holiday pay for workers with irregular hours or part-year contracts.
XpertHR provides the latest rundown of the most popular HR questions of the month, including FAQs on calculating holiday pay.
