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
An employee has returned to work after a week’s holiday abroad. Unfortunately, they were struck down with a bug on their arrival and weren’t able to enjoy the sun, sea and sand. Must you
automatically recredit their holiday?
Published 20.09.2023
An employee is due to start ten days’ annual leave shortly. However, they’ve just presented you with a fit note which says “no work for four weeks”. What should that period of time now be classed as:
sickness absence or holiday?
Published 11.06.2013
A subscriber recently granted an employee’s last-minute holiday request so they could go skiing. But the only winter break they got was one in their leg! The question is: are they entitled to sick
pay as the injury was their own fault?
Published 24.03.2010
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
An employee has returned from annual leave and immediately tells you they were ill for most of it - in fact, things were so bad they couldn’t leave their hotel room for five days. Must you re-credit
their annual leave?
Published 01.05.2015
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
You’ve received a holiday request form which has “holiday already booked” written across it. However, you can’t accommodate this request as you already have too many employees on annual leave then.
Where do you stand?
Published 04.05.2023
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
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