Employment Notes

UK: plans for single enforcement body for employment rights; proposals on modern slavery statements

UK: Court of Appeal confirms voluntary overtime to be included in calculation of holiday pay; challenge to limit on historic claims

Middle East: The new DIFC Employment Law – 16 key changes

Australia: Labour Hire Licensing Scheme recommenced in South Australia

UK: Court of Appeal confirms that sufficiently regular voluntary overtime should be included in holiday pay calculation

UK/EU: ECJ rules that Member States must require actual hours worked to be recorded

UK: personal injury compensation award for breach of working time rest break rules

UK: compensatory rest break need only be equivalent, not identical

UK: ECJ cases raise doubts over the inclusion of regular voluntary overtime in holiday pay calculations and over record-keeping requirements

Comments made in an ECJ judgment on a German working time case have raised doubts as to the correctness of the UK Employment Appeal Tribunal's rulings …