Annual leave and holiday pay

New and updated

• Date:

  28 May 2020

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  Coronavirus and your workforce podcast: Managing annual leave

  Darren Newman, employment lawyer, discusses the legal and practical considerations of managing annual leave during the coronavirus pandemic.

• Date:

  27 May 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Coronavirus and carrying over annual leave

  With employers required to top up furloughed employees' pay for any annual leave they take, many will be anxious to avoid this extra expense at the current time. However, the result could be a glut of holiday requests towards the end of the leave year. Consultant editor Darren Newman looks at how the coronavirus amendments to the Working Time Regulations may help employers facing this situation.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Coronavirus and annual leave: Letter responding to employee's request to take holiday during furlough

  Updated to take into account Government guidance on holiday entitlement and pay during coronavirus (COVID-19).

• 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 include a reference to Econ Engineering Ltd v Dixon and others, concerning the inclusion of a profitability bonus in the calculation of holiday pay.

• 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.