The Sash Window Workshop Ltd and another v King [2018] IRLR 142 ECJ
Reports relating to this case:
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Annual leave: Worker entitled to leave accrued over full 13-year period he worked for company
- Date:
- 20 March 2018
In The Sash Window Workshop Ltd and another v King [2018] IRLR 142 ECJ, the ECJ held that the right to paid annual leave of a "worker" who was treated as a self-employed, commission-only salesman could accumulate over an unlimited period, and that the worker was entitled to claim the accrued holiday pay on termination.
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Workers treated as self-employed can carry over annual leave indefinitely
- Date:
- 29 November 2017
The European Court of Justice has held that a worker must be able to carry over unused holiday when the employer does not put that worker in a position to exercise the right to take paid annual leave.