Annual leave and holiday pay

New and updated

• Policy on sporting and other special events

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include dates for the 2020 Olympics and the football European Championships.

• How should an employer calculate a term-time worker's paid holiday?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Contract clause on holiday pay for employees

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include information on The Harpur Trust v Brazel, in which the Court of Appeal held that holiday pay for "part-year workers" should not be calculated on a pro rata basis.

• Give workers more holiday to stimulate economic growth, report urges

  Date:

  12 August 2019

  Type:

  News

  Increasing minimum holiday entitlement and wages would help solve the UK's productivity crisis and stimulate economic growth, a think tank has suggested.

• Court of Appeal rules on calculation of holiday pay for term-time, zero hours workers

  Date:

  9 August 2019

  Type:

  Law reports

  In The Harpur Trust v Brazel, the Court of Appeal held that holiday pay for "part-year workers" should not be calculated on a pro rata basis, but by applying the approach set out in s.224 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and calculating average weekly remuneration over the previous 12 weeks.

• Holiday pay calculation and back payments

  Date:

  8 August 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Consultant editor Darren Newman looks at the latest rulings in a long line of holiday pay cases, including one with significant back-pay implications for Northern Ireland employers. He also explains why the issue of lengthy back-pay periods may not yet be completely resolved for employers in the rest of the UK.

• More women miss out on paid leave than men

  Date:

  22 July 2019

  Type:

  News

  One in 14 UK workers are not receiving their full legal holiday entitlement, with more women than men missing out and one million people not getting any paid holiday at all.

• Holiday pay: Northern Ireland Court of Appeal refuses to limit claims for overtime non-payments

  Date:

  25 June 2019

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and another v Agnew, the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal refused to limit workers' historic claims for the unlawful exclusion of overtime from holiday pay calculations.

• Bank and public holidays 2021 (England and Wales)

  Type:

  Quick reference

  XpertHR Quick Reference - statutory bank holidays 2021 (England and Wales).

• Bank and public holidays 2021 (Scotland)

  Type:

  Quick reference

  XpertHR Quick Reference - statutory bank holidays 2021 (Scotland).