Annual leave and holiday pay

New and updated

• Type:

  FAQs

  When can annual leave be carried over due to the coronavirus crisis?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer require employees to use their annual leave during the coronavirus outbreak?

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Holiday and holiday pay

  Updated to reflect government guidance on holiday and holiday pay during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Date:

  14 May 2020

  Type:

  News

  BEIS clarifies furlough holiday rules for staff and temps

  Employers can require workers to take holiday and cancel workers' holiday, provided enough notice is given, and furloughed workers continue to accrue statutory holiday entitlements, it has been confirmed in newly published government guidance.

• Type:

  FAQs

  How should employers deal with bank holidays that fall within a period of furlough leave?

• Date:

  16 April 2020

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  HR and coronavirus survey: Four weeks into lockdown

  With the first frantic days of lockdown behind us, XpertHR asked HR practitioners about the challenges facing them and their organisations as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues.

• Date:

  6 April 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Annual leave and furlough under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

  With HR now grappling with the question of how furloughing under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme impacts on employees' ability to take - and their employer's ability to require them to take - annual leave, consultant editor Darren Newman examines the relevant issues.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Holiday policy

  Updated to include information on new rules on holiday carry-over in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Form for an employee to request to carry over holiday

  Updated to include information on new rules on holiday carry-over in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter declining holiday request

  Updated to include information on new rules on holiday carry-over in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.