Employment Notes
Tag: sick leave
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UK: Fit for Work - employer guidance recommends review of sickness policies
The DWP has published guidance notes on the new Fit for Work scheme being phased in over 2015, recommending that employers update their sickness absence …
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 …
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 …
Bahrain introduces a new Labour Law
The Kingdom of Bahrain has introduced a new labour law for the private sector (Law No. 36 of 2012), issued by the King of Bahrain at the end of …
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 …
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 …
UK: Disability - duty to make reasonable adjustments
Recent EAT rulings have established that: it is not a reasonable adjustment to give a disabled employee on sick leave a career sabbatical, nor to …
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 …