Briefing
Holiday baggage: the issue of rolled up holiday pay
The 1993 EU Working Time Directive designed to allow all workers a minimum of four weeks' paid holiday, after an initial debate as to whether or not it should apply to the UK, has been incorporated... | briefing | 13 Nov 2007 10:06AM
1 October 2007: what legislation is being implemented today?
Since April 2006, the Government has used Common Commencement Dates (CCDs) to implement new regulations that will have an effect on business. These CCDs are 6 April and 1 October, and this 1 Octobe... | briefing | 1 Oct 2007 9:31AM
Case
Record-breaking £2.5m final settlement made in hotel illness court case
The High Court in Birmingham has today approved settlement terms bringing to an end record-breaking legal action by almost 1,000 British holidaymakers against tour operators following illness durin... | case | 13 Feb 2008 10:59AM
Can paid holiday leave be taken during sickness absence?
The Advocate General assigned to two cases that have been referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has expressed the view that paid holiday leave guaranteed by the Working Time Directive can... | case | 25 Jan 2008 2:57PM
Employer can offset holiday pay against leave entitlement
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has found in the case Lyddon v Englefield Brickwork Limited that a company was entitled to offset rolled up holiday pay against an employee's entitlement to annual le... | case | 14 Nov 2007 8:36AM
Journalist sent to Iraq as a ‘holiday’ wins
A London journalist sent to Baghdad to interview Iraqi militants, was told by his boss that he got the trip instead of a holiday, an Employment Tribunal has heard.
Bahar Hussein had been employ... | case | 20 Apr 2007 12:00AM
EAT provides guidance on calculation of holiday pay
Yarrow v. Edwards Chartered Accountants (2007)
The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) has provided guidance on the calculation of an employee’s accrued holiday pay on termination during the f... | case | 21 Aug 2007 12:00AM
Ebulletin
Who Will Pay for Licensing Security Guards?
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1 June 2004
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Budget 2004 – Few Surprises for Employers
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19 March 2004
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Employer Faces £9m Crash Bill, Cyclist Paralysed
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6 November 2003
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Summer holiday blues for employers?
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World Cup and the Queen's Jubilee Bank Holidays
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2. News: The World Cup - What are the options for employers?
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Factsheet
Absence management
In 2006, level of absence fell by 0.2% to 3.5% of working time (eight days per employee per year). (CIPD)The proportion of employees who take at least one day off sick is higher in the public secto... | Factsheet | 21 Jan 2008 2:13PM
Magazine issue
Facefacts: The real cost of social networking to your business
Heard of Facebook? You'd have to have left the planet not to, as employers and employers' groups have suddenly realised what it's costing their businesses! Surveys around the use of Facebook in wor... | Magazine issue | 16 Oct 2007 4:25PM
Network news
Workplace Law launches new CIPD professional training courses
Workplace Law Training has launched two new CIPD courses for HR and Personnel professionals. These new qualifications add to Workplace Law’s portfolio of accredited training courses and offer... | network news | 18 Jan 2007 12:00AM
Spring 2005 Employment Law Update Special Report now available
Workplace Law Publishing has launched the brand-new Employment Law Update: Special Report, Spring 2005 Edition which provides comprehensive, up-to-date and authoritative guidance to new and forthco... | network news | 17 May 2005 12:00AM
News
Thirty years since last bank holiday was created
Today (1 May) is the 30th anniversary of the creation of the May Day holiday, which was the last bank holiday to be introduced in the UK. To mark the occasion, the TUC is calling for the introducti... | news | 1 May 2008 2:49PM
Will the leap year cause problems for employers?
There seems to be some employment issues gaining publicity over this being a leap year.Getting the day offIt’s been well publicised that the National Trust are giving their 54,000 staff and v... | news | 26 Feb 2008 10:36AM
Holiday pay – In sickness and in health
The issue of paid holidays, for a seemingly straightforward concept, poses a number of challenges for employers: from the increase to individuals' paid entitlement, which has recently come into eff... | news | 4 Feb 2008 10:33AM
No more NI exemption holiday pay scheme
A national insurance exemption for holiday pay schemes has now been scrapped following a crackdown in the pre-Budget report. Alistair Darling removed the national insurance c... | news | 1 Nov 2007 6:19AM
Council gives employees time off for Christmas shopping
Council workers are to be given a fully paid afternoon off to do their Christmas shopping – to avoid them taking unauthorised days off nearer the time.The perk will apply to the council's 7,5... | news | 25 Oct 2007 9:48AM
White paper
Holiday Entitlement: take it or leave it?
The majority of employers are familiar with their obligations under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) to provide workers with a minimum of four weeks’ paid annual leave (currently inclu... | White paper | 12 Sep 2007 10:03AM
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