Employee incentives

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• Date:

  22 May 2014

  Type:

  Law reports

  Holiday pay calculation must reflect commission worker would have received, says ECJ

  The European Court of Justice has held that a worker's commission payments must be included in the calculation of his or her holiday pay.

• Date:

  13 February 2014

  Type:

  Law reports

  Overtime pay, discretionary bonuses and standby allowances not included in holiday pay, says employment tribunal

  An employment tribunal has found that a worker's holiday pay should be calculated by reference only to his or her basic pay, excluding overtime pay, discretionary bonuses and standby allowances, taking a more straightforward approach than the tribunal in the controversial decision in Neal v Freightliner Ltd.

• Date:

  6 December 2013

  Type:

  Law reports

  Holiday pay calculation should reflect commission worker would have received, suggests Advocate General

  The Advocate General has taken the view that, where the remuneration received by a worker comprises both basic pay and commission calculated by reference to the sales that the worker gets from his or her own work, such commission should be included in the calculation of holiday pay.

• Date:

  1 July 2013

  Type:

  Law reports

  Case round-up

  David Malamatenios is a partner, and Colin Makin, Krishna Santra, Sandra Martins and Melissa Powys-Rodrigues are solicitors at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.

• Type:

  Tasks

  Introduce, manage and review a long-service award scheme

• Type:

  Tasks

  Introduce a bonus scheme

• Type:

  Tasks

  Introduce, manage and review an employee share scheme

• Type:

  How to

  How to implement and manage a discretionary bonus scheme

  Practical guidance on implementing and managing a discretionary bonus scheme as part of the organisation's reward strategy, including setting key performance conditions.

• Type:

  Employment glossary

  Golden hello

  Definition from the XpertHR glossary.

• Type:

  Employment glossary

  Price sensitive information

  Definition from the XpertHR glossary.