Landmark ruling due on holidays and sickness

The House of Lords is due to hand down its decision tomorrow in the final stage of a long-running saga about holidays and sickness absence in the case of Stringer v. HMRC.

 

The case raises the issue of whether or not a worker can continue to accrue annual leave whilst on sick leave and, if so, whether that leave can be taken whilst the worker is on sick leave.

 

The case hinges on previous employees of HMRC, one of whom had sought to take annual leave during a period of sick ... (248 more words)

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