Legal Q&A: Holiday pay and sick leave

Sue Ashtiany, head of employment, Nabarro, explains the ramifications of the Stringer ruling for holiday pay and sick leave. 

• Legal Q&A: Holiday pay and sick leave In January 2009, the European Court of Justice decided that a worker on sick leave is also entitled to annual leave, but that member states could have rules that required or enabled the annual leave to be taken during sick leave. 

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Stringer and others v HM Revenue and Customs sub nom Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Ainsworth and others; Schultz-Hoff v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund [2009] IRLR 214 ECJ Read XpertHR's case reports on the topic. 

Paid holiday: in sickness and in health An ECJ ruling means employees now have the right to accrue holiday while on sick leave, says Tim Marshall, partner, DLA Piper. 

Legal Q&A: Changes to statutory holidays Just two years after statutory holiday entitlement was set at four weeks, it rose again in April 2009. Katie Clarke, partner, McDermott Will & Emery, answers queries on what the 1 April 2009 changes to statutory holidays mean for employers.