Leave
UK employment law makes provision for a wide variety of types of leave from work. Some of the more common are annual leave, maternity leave, paternity leave, and time off for medical or dental appointments.
Top 10 HR questions December 2019: Sickness absence and unused annual leave
How much control can employers have over the timing of employees’ annual leave?
Employers with holiday years that run from...
‘Protect workers’ rights after Brexit’, voters urge Boris Johnson
Two-thirds of people who voted Conservative in the 2019 general election want the new government to protect or enhance workers’...
Queen’s Speech: flexible working, carers’ leave and immigration plan confirmed
A number of new Bills that will affect workers have been announced.
A fifth of over-45s expect to quit work to care for relatives
One in five (19%) employees aged over 45 expects to quit their job to care for an adult relative full...
Ryanair tells pilots: ‘Take unpaid leave or transfer abroad’
Ryanair has asked its UK pilots to take unpaid leave for up to a year or transfer to its other...
Why meeting flexible working requests is easier said than done
With Labour proposing a four-day week and unions campaigning for workers to use technology to spend less time in the...
Young and old most likely to miss out on paid holiday and payslips
The youngest and oldest staff working in atypical ways, such as temporary work, are the most at risk of missing...
No-deal Brexit: Mini factory staff may be forced to take unpaid leave
Workers at the Mini plant in Oxfordshire could be forced to take at least two weeks’ unpaid leave and have...
Top 10 HR questions August 2019: term-time holiday calculations
How should you calculate holiday pay for a term-time worker without regular hours?
A recent Court of Appeal decision, The...
Petition calls for pet bereavement leave
A woman who claims she lost her job on the same day her dog died is calling for the right...
Met PC defies bosses to appear on Big Brother
A Metropolitan police constable is appearing on the Nigerian version of the reality television show Big Brother, despite her manager...
Give workers more holiday to stimulate economic growth, report urges
Increasing minimum holiday entitlement and wages would help solve the UK’s productivity crisis and stimulate economic growth, a think tank...
Molson Coors offers staff two weeks’ paid ‘life leave’
Molson Coors Brewing Company is offering staff up to two weeks’ extra paid annual leave to be used for significant...
Hunt threatens to cancel civil servants’ August annual leave
Conservative leadership contender Jeremy Hunt has threatened to cancel all August annual leave across the civil service in order to...
Include regular voluntary overtime in holiday pay, judge rules
Employers must now consider any voluntary overtime that is taken regularly in holiday pay calculations
