The Court of Justice of the European Union has confirmed that national laws can limit the carry-over of holiday to four weeks’ annual leave in cases of sickness absence. What are the implications for
UK employers?
Published 16.12.2019
The coronavirus pandemic has thwarted a lot of staff holiday plans for 2020. If any workers haven’t been taking their annual leave, what’s the legal position if, towards the end of your holiday year,
they request to sell some of it back to you?
Published 03.11.2020
There seems to be a misunderstanding amongst many workers (and some employers) that they now have a right to carry over any untaken annual leave for up to two years thanks to coronavirus. This isn’t
quite true. What’s the actual legal position?
Published 13.07.2020
When a worker leaves your employment, they are entitled to be paid in lieu of their accrued but untaken statutory annual leave entitlement. How do you calculate that, and what happens if they’ve
already taken more than they’ve accrued?
Published 03.06.2021
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that a worker has no right to carry over payment where they were permitted to take annual leave but were not paid for it. When might this situation
occur?
Published 14.04.2021
With staff shortages now affecting many businesses due to coronavirus-related incapacity for work, one option to consider is cancelling the annual leave of those workers who are still fit to work.
Can you lawfully do this?
Published 27.01.2022
With the summer holiday season now approaching, you might want to consider whether to take steps to control when and how annual leave can be taken by your workers. What controls could you usefully
put in place?
Published 04.05.2023
With the news that international travel will continue to be limited in spring/summer 2021, some workers will find their planned summer holidays abroad having to be cancelled. Can the worker then
cancel their pre-booked annual leave?
Published 10.05.2021
With January representing the start of a new holiday year for many employees, what are the key issues relating to their annual leave entitlement in 2023 that you need to be thinking about now?
Published 04.01.2023
The Working Time Regulations are being amended to increase the holiday pay reference period for variable remuneration from twelve weeks to 52 weeks from 6 April 2020. What does this amendment mean in
practice?
Published 16.12.2019