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Court of Appeal rules that voluntary overtime must be included in holiday pay

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    East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust v Flowers and others [2019] IRLR 798 CA (0 other reports)

East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust v Flowers and others [2019] IRLR 798 CA

annual leave | holiday pay | voluntary overtime

In East of England Ambulance NHS Trust v Flowers and others, the Court of Appeal held that ambulance workers are contractually entitled to have voluntary overtime included in the calculation of their holiday pay and, under the Working Time Directive (2003/88/EC), to have it included where it is sufficiently regular and settled.