Statutory rights are subject to time limits
within which a complaint must be brought to an employment tribunal. The limits applicable to claims that relate to working time and annual leave are set out below.
| Nature of complaint |
Time limit for bringing claim |
| Refusal to permit a worker to exercise the right to daily rest periods, weekly rest periods or annual leave |
Within three months beginning with the date on which the right should have been permitted (reg.30(2) of the Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833))1 |
| Failure to pay the whole or any part of pay due for annual leave |
Within three months of the date when payment should have been made (reg.30(2) of the Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833))1 |
1 Or within
such further period as the tribunal considers reasonable in a case where it is
satisfied that this was not reasonably practicable. |
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