A decision has now been made on whether employees accrue statutory holiday pay whilst on long-term sick leave. What does the ruling mean for employers?
Published 19.02.2009
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
Hot on the heels of an Employment Appeal Tribunal case on accrued annual leave during long-term sickness absence, comes a ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union. So in this short space
of time has anything changed?
Published 14.12.2011
An employee’s been off sick for some time and is receiving just Statutory Sick Pay. He’s now put in a request to be paid his annual leave entitlement in full. Is he entitled to holiday pay whilst
sick?
Published 20.10.2005
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
As you may be aware, there’s been much debate in the UK courts as to whether it’s legal to pay employees rolled-up holiday pay. The European Court of Justice has just decided on the issue once and
for all. What’s the final decision?
Published 05.05.2006
The House of Lords has finally given its decision in the long running saga of HM Revenue & Customs v Stringer. But it comes with a nasty sting in the tail for employers. What is the unexpected
surprise?
Published 26.08.2009
Even with the summer holiday season behind us, we’re still receiving countless queries about annual leave. So what is an employee’s entitlement? Read on for the answers to the most often asked
questions.
Published 06.10.2005
You’ve probably heard it several times before. An employee returns from holiday only to tell you that he was sick for the duration of his break. What do you do? Reinstate his holiday? Pay him SSP?
And what about other situations?
Published 08.09.2005
Every employee is entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks’ paid annual leave each holiday year. But suppose an employee is leaving. How is the matter of holiday dealt with in their final year of
employment?
Published 16.11.2016