Annual leave and holiday pay

New and updated

• Holiday pay: EAT confirms limit on unlawful deductions claims

  Date:

  17 May 2017

  Type:

  Law reports

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has refused to interfere with the earlier EAT decision limiting the potential for claims for historical non-payment of holiday pay.

• Annual leave survey 2017

  Date:

  5 May 2017

  Type:

  Survey analysis

  XpertHR research looks at annual leave provision, how employers calculate holiday pay, and arrangements for unused holiday entitlement.

• Annual leave: Commission should be included in holiday pay calculation

  Date:

  20 March 2017

  Type:

  Law reports

  In Lock and another v British Gas Trading Ltd (No.2) [2016] IRLR 946 CA, the Court of Appeal held that the Employment Appeal Tribunal was correct to uphold an employment tribunal decision that the Working Time Regulations 1998 can be interpreted to require employers to include workers' results-based commission in the calculation of their holiday pay.

• Religious holidays policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include information on Gareddu v London Underground Ltd, affirming that an employer was entitled to turn down an employee’s request for a long period of time off for religious festivals.

• Religious holidays contract clause

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to include information on Gareddu v London Underground Ltd, affirming that an employer was entitled to turn down an employee’s request for a long period of time off for religious festivals.

• Annual leave: holiday pay must include commission, confirms Court of Appeal

  Date:

  9 October 2016

  Type:

  Law reports

  The Court of Appeal has held that the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) was correct to uphold an employment tribunal decision that the Working Time Regulations 1998 can be interpreted to require employers to include a worker's commission in the calculation of his or her holiday pay.

• 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.

• 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, are they entitled to be paid or to receive additional time off in lieu?

  Type:

  FAQs