Tag: holiday

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16 November 2015

UK: Statutory holiday - recalculation of entitlement to reflect change to hours need not be retrospective

The ECJ has confirmed that, when a worker increases their hours during the leave year, the statutory leave entitlement going forward must be recalculated …

07 August 2015

Australia: ‘Repair, not replacement’ - Productivity Commission releases draft report on workplace relations framework

The Productivity Commission has released its draft report on the workplace relations framework, as part of its inquiry into the current performance of …

09 July 2015

UK: Employers must permit carry-over of statutory holiday for 18 months where unused due to sickness

Employees unable or unwilling to take their 4 weeks' EU-derived statutory holiday because of sickness absence continuing to the end of the leave year can …

08 July 2015

UK: Holiday pay - Northern Irish ruling that employers may need to include voluntary overtime pay in calculation

In Patterson v Castlereagh BC the Northern Irish Court of Appeal has given its view that, in principle, voluntary overtime pay may need to be included in …

09 June 2015

UK: New resources for employers on facial disfigurement, epilepsy, dementia, holiday pay, right to work checks

Charity Changing Faces has published guidance to assist employers with handling the issue of facial disfigurement. It advises that employers should …

07 May 2015

UK: Employer appeals tribunal ruling that commission must be reflected in statutory holiday pay

As expected, the employment tribunal in Lock v British Gas Trading has confirmed that words can be written into the Working Time Regulations to …

27 March 2015

UK: Tribunal confirms that UK regulations can be read as requiring commission to be reflected in statutory holiday pay

Readers will be familiar with recent EU and UK caselaw ruling that the UK Working Time Regulations fail to properly implement EU law, which …

30 January 2015

Europe: EU employers face significant financial risk due to holiday pay ruling

In May 2014 the European Court of Justice ruled that pay for statutory holiday entitlement under the EU Working Time Directive must reflect 'normal …

06 January 2015

UK: Statutory holiday - workers have right to carry over where prevented from taking holiday for reasons not limited to sickness

Workers who have been unable or unwilling to take their statutory holiday entitlement for reasons beyond their control, including but not limited to …

19 December 2014

UK: Government acts to limit backdated holiday pay claims with effect from 1 July 2015

The government has laid regulations before Parliament to impose a two-year limitation on unlawful deductions from wages claims. The regulations come into …

05 December 2014

UK: Statutory holiday pay - no appeal over ruling on retrospective claims

In last month's e-bulletin we reported the landmark EAT judgment in Bear Scotland v Fulton that pay for the 4 weeks' EU statutory holiday …

05 December 2014

Asia Pacific: Paying out of accrued annual leave

Where there has been a transfer of employment, we compare the rules in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia in relation to what …