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
If an employee asks to take holiday during their notice period, you can refuse their request. But what if you want them to take some or all of their unused annual leave entitlement during their
notice period - is this possible?
Published 07.06.2022
The Working Time Regulations allow a worker to recover pay in lieu for statutory holiday in their final year of employment. OK - but what if their contractual entitlement just happens to be far more
generous than this?
Published 14.01.2010
Many employment contracts provide that an employee will be paid a nominal or lesser amount in respect of accrued but untaken holiday instead of the full amount owed if they are dismissed for gross
misconduct. Is this lawful?
Published 27.06.2023
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
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
An employee can’t take accrued holiday entitlement during a period of maternity leave - it must be taken at another time. But what’s the situation if the employee is unable to take their accrued
holiday during the same holiday leave year?
Published 07.02.2023
A member of staff is working their notice. They’ve built-up a couple of weeks’ unused leave. Normally, you’d pay them for this in their final pay packet, but can you make them take the holiday
instead?
Published 01.11.2007
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has considered whether employers are legally obliged to make a payment in lieu where a worker dies whilst having accrued but not taken holiday. What
did it decide?
Published 15.01.2019
It’s come to your attention that an employee hasn’t taken their full annual leave entitlement and you’re approaching the end of your holiday year. Must they be permitted to carry the full balance
over into your next holiday year?
Published 18.12.2019