Holiday pay calculation must reflect commission worker would have received, says ECJ

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  Lock v British Gas Trading Ltd [2014] IRLR 648 ECJ (1 other report)

  • Holiday pay: Notional commission in pay necessary to compensate for commission lost while on annual leave

    Date:

    1 June 2015

    In Lock v British Gas Trading Ltd [2014] IRLR 648 ECJ, the ECJ ruled that art.7 of the Working Time Directive requires that notional commission payments should be included in a worker's pay to compensate for commission that he was prevented from earning while on annual leave.