Holiday pay rules clarified – employees must ‘use it or lose it’

A judgment handed out yesterday by the EAT provides what one lawyer has called “much needed clarification” for employers on holiday entitlement and whether workers are entitled to holiday pay even when they haven't complied with an employer's rules for taking holidays.

The case, Lyons v. Mitie, involved a claim for holiday pay from an employee whose request to take annual leave did not comply with notice requirements set out in his employment contract. The claimant’s emplo... (271 more words)

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