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John Lewis recently shelled out £40 million in backdated holiday pay because, for six years, it has been basing these payments on “basic pay” rather than an employee’s “average weekly earnings”. Will
you have to do the same?
Published 12.09.2013
In November 2014 the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled that holiday pay calculations must include non-guaranteed overtime payments. However, despite media reports to the contrary, this isn’t as bad as
it sounds. Why not?
Published 04.12.2014
It’s reckoned that UK employers pay for more than two billion hours of overtime every year. It can clearly be an effective way to get work done but what are the downsides? And do you have to pay at
an enhanced rate?
Published 24.03.2005
On 6 April 2020 an important change will be made to the holiday pay reference period which is used to calculate holiday pay entitlement for employees and workers. What do you need to know?
Published 07.01.2020
A major rail company recently came unstuck when all of its drivers refused to work on a Sunday, leaving 45,000 passengers stranded. So what did this employer miss out of its contracts that would have
avoided the problem?
Published 28.09.2009
As the law currently stands, a week’s holiday pay is a week’s pay as defined by the employee’s contract of employment. But what if they earn commission on top of their basic salary? Must holiday pay
provide for that element too?
Published 18.06.2014
In June 2019 the Court of Appeal ruled that voluntary overtime should be factored into ambulance workers’ holiday pay. Does this mean that you must include voluntary overtime when calculating your
employees’ holiday pay?
Published 03.07.2019
A part-year worker is someone who’s employed on a permanent basis, but only works some of the year. The Supreme Court has now ruled how holiday pay must be calculated for these types of worker. What
do you need to know?
Published 26.08.2022
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