Holiday and holiday pay: Line manager briefing on annual leave

Overview

This line manager briefing covers the topic of annual leave and aims to help line managers to understand the laws on holiday entitlement and holiday pay and how they have been interpreted by courts and tribunals. 

This line manager briefing is accompanied by a PowerPoint presentation for training purposes. 
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The briefing includes information on:

1. Entitlement to annual leave
• scope of the law
• statutory entitlement to annual leave
• part-timers' entitlements
• contractual holiday entitlement
2. Bank and public holidays
3. Holiday pay
• overtime
• rolled-up holiday pay
• no normal working hours
4. Rules on the taking of annual leave
   • the holiday year
   • first year of employment
   • carry-over of leave
   • payment in lieu of annual leave
5. Timing of annual leave
   • employees' notice of holiday dates
   • refusing the dates requested
   • nomination of holiday days/dates by the employer
6. Managing annual leave
• ensuring that employees take their holiday
• organising holiday
7. Religious holidays
8. Accrual of holiday during periods of absence
   • accrual of annual leave during periods of sickness absence
   • employees who fall sick just before or during holiday leave
   • holiday entitlement in relation to maternity, paternity and adoption leave
9. Holiday entitlement on termination of employment
• taking holiday during the notice period
• payment of outstanding holiday leave
• clawing back holiday
10. Remedies for employees denied holiday or holiday pay
• claims under the Working Time Regulations
• claims under the Employment Rights Act
11. Test yourself

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1. Entitlement to annual leave

The Working Time Regulations 1998 oblige employers to grant workers a minimum period of paid holiday leave each year.