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 can HR and managers ensure holiday is allocated fairly and evenly over the festive period?
HMRC has launched a pilot whereby staff can work annualised hours but must sacrifice flexible working arrangements.
Supreme Court dismisses appeal made by PSNI meaning that thousands of staff are owed holiday underpayments.
Organisations of all types are looking at ways in which AI can be used within their work. And if they're not, they may find they soon get left behind.
How should HR handle absence from work because of flight disruption following bank holiday air traffic control issues?
Acas has issued employer advice ahead of the Women's World Cup semi-final, which sees England's Lionesses face Australia.
The silly season is here and Personnel Today has been told that Mongolia is best for cheap holidays, Wednesday is the best day for heading to the office for wine, and we need a day off on full pay … to do things.
Questions last month focused on the agency workers during strikes, payment in lieu of notice and dismissing an employee who is in prison.
Popular HR questions in June 2023 include topics such as term-time workers' holiday pay and rights to time off for fertility treatment.
Uber is facing yet another challenge from original claimant James Farrar in the ongoing saga about pay and conditions.
The most common HR questions in May 2023 concerned post-Brexit laws and annual leave entitlements.
The DWP has only just introduced a mechanism to incorporate regular overtime into holiday pay, several years after a landmark judgment.
How is holiday pay and entitlement in the UK set to change under plans to simplify employment law?
The government is to remove the requirements for recording working time and reduce the complexity of calculating holiday pay.
The head of the TUC has asked people to 'spare a thought' for those who must work during the coronation or bank holiday.
