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.
More than a quarter of workers in the travel industry do not take their full annual leave, survey shows
In a landmark decision the Court of Appeal has ruled that workers on long-term sick leave do not accrue the right to paid holiday.
Holidaymakers are taking their workplace worries with them when they take a break.
Business consultants urge employers and employees to examine potential pitfalls of salary sacrifice schemes.
Marketing and media staff keep one eye on the door as work-life balance suffers.
Healthcare plans and additional holiday have overtaken company cars as the most popular employee benefits, research reveals.
Employers will no longer be allowed to include Bank Holidays in annual leave if Labour wins the general election, Tony...
A Bill that will ensure British workers receive their full entitlement of four weeks’ paid annual holiday has been approved...
Many employers are more generous than they need to be by allowing staff to carry over unused leave, according to research.
A petition calling for International Women's Day to be made an additional bank holiday will be handed into the minister for employment relations today.
We are looking at the issue of pro-rata paid Bank Holiday entitlement for a job-share situation. One person would miss...
HR managers are being urged to tread carefully when dealing with staff who ask for time off to mark non-Christian religious festivals.
Anna Burges-Lumsden looks at what the first successful employment tribunal brought under the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) regulations could mean for employers.
Smith v AJ Morrisroes & Sons Ltd and other appeals, EAT, 22 November 2004
UK managers are cheating their employees out of holidays, according to the Citizens Advice Bureau.
