Holiday pay: Worker who did not take full annual leave entitlement because he received no holiday pay was not entitled to payment in respect of accrued untaken leave

This report relates to 1 case(s)

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  The Sash Window Workshop Ltd and another v King [2015] IRLR 348 EAT (1 other report)

  In this case, the European Court of Justice in The Sash Window Workshop Ltd and another v King [2018] IRLR 142 ECJ ultimately decided 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.

  • Annual leave: EAT on workers prevented from taking holiday for "reasons beyond their control"

    Date:

    10 December 2014

    The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has suggested that workers should be allowed to carry over untaken holiday into the next year if they are genuinely prevented from taking annual leave for "reasons beyond their control" other than sickness absence.