Craig and another v Transocean International Resources Ltd; Transocean International Resources Ltd and others v Russell and others

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  Craig and another v Transocean International Resources Ltd; Transocean International Resources Ltd and others v Russell and others EATS/0029/08 & EATS/0030/08 (1 other report)

  Both the Court of Session (Russell and others v Transocean International Resources Ltd and others sub nom Craig v Transocean International Resources Ltd [2011] IRLR 24 CS) and Supreme Court (Russell and others v Transocean International Resources Ltd and others [2012] IRLR 149 SC) have upheld the EAT decision that offshore oil-rig workers are not entitled to annual leave in addition to their onshore breaks.

  • Working time: Offshore workers could be required to take annual leave during onshore "field breaks"

    Date:

    9 June 2009

    In Craig and another v Transocean International Resources Ltd; Transocean International Resources Ltd and others v Russell and others EATS/0029/08 & EATS/0030/08, the EAT held that offshore workers could be required to take annual leave during periods when they were rostered to be resting onshore. The tribunal was wrong to hold that their annual leave had to be scheduled for a time that would otherwise have been spent working offshore.