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
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
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
There have been many questions raised by employers about whether employees can request or be required to take their annual leave, including bank holidays, during furlough. What’s the position?
Published 07.05.2020
If your holiday year runs from 1 April to 31 March and you provide “20 days’ paid annual leave plus bank holidays”, you could have a problem in 2018/19. What’s the issue?
Published 15.11.2017
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
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
Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day all fall at the weekend in 2021/22, so instead there are substitute bank holidays. Is a worker entitled to take those substitute bank holidays as paid
annual leave, or can you require them to work?
Published 07.12.2021
The government has announced that there will be an extra bank holiday in 2022 to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Do you have to grant your staff the day off?
Published 04.12.2020
If you employ part-time workers, you’ll need to carefully calculate their annual leave entitlement at the start of each holiday year, including any entitlement to bank holidays. What do you need to
know?
Published 27.06.2023