Tag: holiday

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04 November 2014

UK: Statutory holiday pay - EAT confirms pay for non-guaranteed overtime must be taken into account

"Non-guaranteed" compulsory overtime pay ("non-guaranteed" in that the employer is not obliged to offer overtime, but it is compulsory for the worker to …

17 July 2014

UK: Statutory holiday - payment in lieu on employee death

The ECJ has ruled that, when a worker dies after a period of sickness preventing them taking their accrued holiday, payment in lieu of the accrued …

27 May 2014

UK: Employers should review holiday pay following ECJ ruling

  Employers should review their approach to calculating holiday pay for employees and workers who have fixed normal hours but receive variable …

27 May 2014

France: Employee's right to donate part of their paid holiday and RTT entitlement to a colleague with a sick child

Following the law of 9 May 2014, an employee now has the right (subject to the agreement of his employer – but in practice it may be difficult, …

10 December 2013

UK: Appeal news- collective redundancy, calculation of holiday pay and commission

The appeal in the case of USDAW v Woolworths on the trigger for collective redundancy consultation obligations for multi-site employers has been listed …

10 October 2013

UK: Statutory holiday - contractual clause for nominal pay in lieu on termination invalid

An employment tribunal has held that payments in lieu of untaken statutory holiday on termination of employment must be calculated to reflect normal pay. …

09 September 2013

UK: Statutory holiday pay - overtime pay must be taken into account

Voluntary overtime pay should be taken into account when calculating statutory holiday pay for a worker's 4 week EU-derived holiday entitlement, …

09 September 2013

UK: Holiday - right to carry over can be limited to 4 week EU-derived entitlement

Recent ECJ case law has established that workers unable to take statutory holiday due to sickness must be permitted to carry over their unused …

08 May 2013

UK: Employee working outside EU could not claim UK statutory holiday pay

The principle that UK laws which are derived from EU law must be construed as permitting claims in England, where English law is the proper law of the …

11 December 2012

Pay in lieu of holiday: EU law allows calculation using pay rate applicable when accrued

Employers may be able to pay in lieu of accrued but unused annual leave on termination only at the rate of pay applicable during the period the leave was …

07 November 2012

UK: Holiday pay - possible challenge to calculation method in UK regulations

The Supreme Court has ruled that UK aviation working time regulations can be interpreted to comply with the ECJ's decision that holiday pay should …

13 October 2012

Spain: Sick leave during holidays

The Spanish Supreme Court has declared (in its decision dated 3 October 2012) that an employee on sick leave – when this occurs during his/her holidays …