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
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
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
Recently, the European Court of Justice ruled that an employee can reclaim their annual leave entitlement if they are sick during that time. If the media is to be believed, this is open to abuse. But
is the ruling really that bad?
Published 06.10.2009
Employees will often look for ways to try it on at your expense. One trick is to get signed off sick just before they’re due to go on holiday and then say that they shouldn’t lose that leave. If this
happens, how should you deal with it?
Published 30.04.2009
The big question of whether an employee on long-term sick leave can still accrue statutory holiday pay has reappeared. So what’s the latest legal position?
Published 06.03.2008
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
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
To meet the changing needs of your business, you restrict the taking of annual leave by new staff from time to time. Is this a safe tactic and if not, what should you do to protect your position?
Published 27.01.2005
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