Tag: holiday

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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 …

07 August 2012

UK: Statutory holiday - employees unable to take holiday due to sick leave can carry it over into a new year without express request

Where an employee is unable or unwilling to take their EU-derived entitlement to 4 weeks' statutory holiday in the current holiday year due to being on …

04 July 2012

UK: Holiday - employees falling sick during statutory holiday can reschedule it

Recent case law has established that an employee who falls sick before scheduled statutory holiday should be allowed to reschedule the holiday at another …

03 February 2012

UK: Statutory holiday - public sector workers can rely directly on EU directive

The ECJ has ruled that Article 7(1) of the Working Time Directive providing a right to 4 weeks' leave has direct effect.  This means that public …

06 January 2012

UK: Statutory holiday - non-working periods can be holiday

The Supreme Court has upheld a decision of the Court of Session that employers can designate as statutory holiday periods of time where the employee is …

06 December 2011

UK and EU: Statutory holiday - ECJ confirms limit on carry-over; EAT rules no right to pay unless take or request time off

The ECJ has confirmed that Member States can lawfully require carried over statutory holiday to be taken within the following 15 months or else be …

05 August 2011

UK: Holiday - statutory entitlement carried over when employee sick for full year

The EAT has confirmed that statutory holiday entitlement can be carried over to the following holiday year (notwithstanding that this conflicts with the …

11 July 2011

UK: Government plans for employment law changes

BIS is consulting until 8 August 2011 on the following proposals: changing the leave available to parents from no earlier than April 2015.  …