Annual leave and holiday pay

New and updated

• Sick leave: European court confirms holiday can be carried forward

  Date:

  16 September 2016

  Type:

  Law reports

  The European Court of Justice (ECJ) reiterated that if sickness prevents a worker from taking annual leave, his or her annual leave can be carried forward into the next holiday year. Bethan Odey summarises the case.

• Holiday pay: employment tribunal includes purely voluntary overtime

  Date:

  15 September 2016

  Type:

  Law reports

  An employment tribunal has held that payments for purely voluntary overtime should be included in holiday pay.

• Podcast: Holidays - unauthorised absence, cover and contact

  Date:

  19 August 2016

  Type:

  Audio and video

  We discuss various issues that can arise when employees take holiday.

• How should employers deal with requests for time off to watch key events during the Olympic Games or other major sporting events?

  Type:

  FAQs

• If an employee is on sickness absence during a bank holiday, is he or she entitled to be paid or to receive additional time off in lieu?

  Type:

  FAQs

• Annual leave: 2016 survey of employer practice

  Date:

  16 May 2016

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  This XpertHR survey on annual leave arrangements covers responses from 365 employers and details the median basic holiday entitlement, plus the formulas used by employers to calculate holiday pay.

• Policy on buying and selling holiday

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include the date of the Court of Appeal hearing in the Lock case, on the inclusion of commission in holiday pay.

• Holiday and holiday pay: health (England and Wales)

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to refer to updated guidance from NHS Employers on calculating overtime and holiday pay.

• Holiday pay: Working Time Regulations require commission payments to count in holiday pay calculation

  Date:

  30 March 2016

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Lock and another v British Gas Trading Ltd (No.2) [2016] IRLR 316 EAT, the EAT held that the domestic Working Time Regulations 1998 are capable of being interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements of EU law, which include the requirement to factor results-based commission payments into the calculation of holiday pay.

• Bank and public holidays 2017 (England and Wales)

  Type:

  Quick reference

  A table listing the bank and public holidays in England and Wales in 2017.