The Working Time Regulations 1998 were amended with effect from 1 January 2024 to codify existing EU case law covering the carry over of annual leave in some exceptional circumstances. What
does the legislation now say?
Published 25.01.2024
The entitlement for workers to be paid “normal pay” for four weeks’ annual leave has been preserved following amendments to the Working Time Regulations 1998. What’s the potential problem here?
Published 25.01.2024
Whilst the European courts have ruled that workers on long-term sick leave can carry over their statutory holiday entitlement into the next leave year, they never confirmed if this right expires.
What’s the latest thinking here?
Published 21.09.2011
In recent months, the European Court of Justice has dealt with a number of cases involving holiday pay and sickness absence. Here, an employment tribunal has just heard the first case on this point.
What does it mean for you?
Published 09.03.2010
Half way through your holiday year a part-time employee moves over to full time hours. According to the Court of Justice of the European Union, what should happen to their annual leave entitlement in
this situation?
Published 09.12.2015
Let’s suppose that an employee has not taken their full annual leave entitlement due to circumstances beyond their control. Are they automatically allowed to carry the balance of it over into your
next holiday year?
Published 24.02.2015
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has considered whether employers are legally obliged to make a payment in lieu where a worker dies whilst having accrued but not taken holiday. What
did it decide?
Published 15.01.2019
All workers are entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks’ paid holiday in each leave year. But what happens when a new employee starts work part-way through your leave year? How is their statutory holiday
entitlement calculated?
Published 30.08.2016
Employees were recently handed the right to interrupt a period of paid annual leave and defer it to a later date if they fall sick, or are injured, during that time. Oh dear - is this as bad as it
sounds?
Published 28.08.2012
Employees who are off sick for a whole holiday year still accrue statutory paid annual leave. But suppose they don’t request it, what’s the legal position then?
Published 30.11.2011