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.
Increasing minimum holiday entitlement and wages would help solve the UK’s productivity crisis and stimulate economic growth, a think tank...
Molson Coors Brewing Company is offering staff up to two weeks’ extra paid annual leave to be used for significant...
Conservative leadership contender Jeremy Hunt has threatened to cancel all August annual leave across the civil service in order to...
Employers must now consider any voluntary overtime that is taken regularly in holiday pay calculations
The chief executive of a major energy supplier is urging employers to do more to retain the almost 5 million...
Parents and primary carers who suffer the loss of a child will be entitled to at least two weeks’ paid...
As many employers wind up their holiday allowances for the year, what message do you give out on taking leave?...
Can you dismiss before a probationary period ends if they're not up to the job?
The government has committed to exploring the case for five days’ statutory paid leave for carers, but has been criticised...
We can’t be expected to work in this heat! This may have become a familiar complaint for employers to deal...
As the Muslim holy month of Ramadan draws to a close this week, Ayesha Salahuddin from PWC looks at how...
The 2018 World Cup in Russia sees 32 nations taking part in 63 matches from Thursday 14 June until Sunday...
Anyone deemed to have “worker” status must be able to carry over paid annual leave, even if they have not...
The key issue behind the recent troubles at Ryanair was a failure to plan for pilots’ leave. Why do so...
Putting together a short-term sickness absence policy can be one of the most daunting tasks an HR professional can face....
