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 TUC has repeated its call for a new autumn holiday to celebrate the “great British tradition of volunteering”.The union...
In 2007, the Equal Opportunities Commission secured a landmark High Court ruling that UK law on pay and benefits during...
City traders should be forced to take a two-week holiday to protect firms against the risks presented by rogue traders.The...
Stringer v Her Majesty’s Revenue & CustomsFACTS This case involved two groups of workers employed by Her Majesty’s Revenue &...
Local government workers should receive a 7% pay rise as well as two extra days’ holiday, union members have insisted.The...
Louisa Peacock presents the latest human resources news.This week we bring you a taste of what’s making the headlines in HR, including...
Harriet Harman, the leader of the Commons, has announced a four-day increase in holiday entitlement for MPs in 2008, extending...
Everyone enjoys a good holiday. Yet the UK is remarkably bad at providing it. Research by Mercer HR Consulting shows...
Mike Berry hosts this week’s programme which includes:
News from the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth
The Commision for Racial...
Personnel Today online editor Rob Moss interviews Jo Stubbs, managing editor of XpertHR, on the introduction on Monday, 1 October...
A leaked manifesto by a policy group for the Conservative Party on general wellbeing, which suggested, among other things, increasing paid...
I was concerned to read the answer to the question “does anyone still operate a bonus/bonus award system for people who...
A campaign has been launched to encourage Northern Irish nationals who have pursued careers outside the country to consider returning...
More holidays may be good news for employees, but it will require some closer inspection from employers to ensure they...
New holiday entitlement regulations will see wage costs increase by 3% for some employers, a legal expert has warned.
Under...
