You offer all your employees the same amount of holiday but one member of staff says this isn’t enough. They’ve asked if they can buy some additional days from you. If you agree, are there any
benefits for you in this arrangement?
Published 24.10.2018
One way to boost staff motivation levels is to allow employees to buy additional annual leave. But what about the opposite arrangement, whereby employees are allowed to sell holiday back to you? Is
this an equally good idea?
Published 15.12.2014
More employers are offering birthday leave as a staff perk which can be a cost-effective way to improve motivation. If you’re thinking of offering birthday leave, what should be included in your
policy?
Published 25.04.2023
The Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) state that when they leave your employment, an employee is entitled to be paid in lieu of any accrued but untaken statutory minimum holiday. How is this
payment in lieu calculated?
Published 25.11.2021
It’s been suggested that you follow the example of some larger firms and introduce an unlimited holidays policy. It’s a nice idea and it could well motivate staff but what could be the problems?
Published 04.04.2019
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
In America employers often grant their employees an extra day’s annual leave in recognition of their birthday. Would this motivational practice be legal here, or a breach of our employment laws?
Published 25.02.2013
An employee wants to carry their unused statutory holiday entitlement over into your next holiday year so that they can travel long-haul to visit family. What, if anything, can they carry over?
Published 14.12.2022
You’re reluctant to award pay rises this forthcoming year, but want to reward your employees in some way. Could you grant them additional holiday and then remove this extra leave entitlement when you
next award pay rises?
Published 04.11.2021