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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
UK: New resources - Acas guidance on bereavement and dress codes
Following the Government's decision that it was not "feasible" to introduce a new statutory right to bereavement leave, Acas has …
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 …
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 …
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, …
France: Flexible working time arrangements - for businesses applying the SYNTEC collective bargaining agreement
Employer and trade union organisations in industries applying the SYNTEC collective bargaining agreement (including in particular a number of consultancy …
Australia: Employment Insight - Managing ill, injured and chronically absent employees – a robust approach
In brief Managing ill, injured and chronically absent employees is one of the greatest challenges for employers. In every case, human resources …
Japan: Court guidance on implementation of fixed overtime allowances
Under the Japanese Labour Standards Act (LSA) an employer must enter into an agreement regarding overtime and holiday work with a union or employee …
France: Challenges to working time arrangements (forfait jours)
Working time practices based on a maximum number of working days per annum (rather than weekly limits on working hours) may be unlawful following recent …
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