Briefing
Paid holiday – in sickness and in health? The debate goes on
On 10 June 2009 the House of Lords gave judgment in the long running case of Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs v. Stringer. The key issues arising in the case were (1) whether workers are ent... | briefing | 8 Jul 2009 8:28AM
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
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 holid... | case | 19 Jan 2010 2:34PM
Landmark decision finds holiday can be accrued whilst on sick leave
The House of Lords has ruled that workers on long-term sick leave do have the right to accrue holiday. The landmark decision, which was made this morning, is the final stage in a long-running a... | case | 10 Jun 2009 6:14PM
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 cas... | case | 9 Jun 2009 6:33PM
Victory for employers of offshore oil and gas workers
Employers of UK offshore oil and gas workers yesterday celebrated the decision made by the Employment Appeal Tribunal that the time off work enjoyed by offshore workers – typically 26 wee... | case | 10 Mar 2009 2:51PM
Well-drafted contract is key to dispute over holiday pay
Employers can legitimately ask any of their staff working their notice to take any accrued holiday rather than have pay instead, the Employment Appeals Tribunal has ruled.In the landmark case of In... | case | 14 Nov 2008 3:02PM
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Budget 2004 – Few Surprises for Employers
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Employer Faces £9m Crash Bill, Cyclist Paralysed
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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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Factsheet
Absence management
In 2007, levels of absence fell from eight days per employee per year to 6.7 days.The latest CBI / AXA Absence Survey showed that average absence levels across the public sector stood at nine... | 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
Father of killed soldier campaigns for paid leave
The father of a soldier who was killed in Iraq is campaigning for the families of killed soldiers to be given the legal right to paid leave. Bill Stewardson, whose 21-year-old son, Alex Gree... | news | 29 Jan 2010 5:23PM
Campaign for bank holiday dedicated to community work
Volunteering organisations, backed by the TUC, are calling for a new Community Day bank holiday to celebrate volunteering and encourage people to take part in community events. The Communit... | news | 7 Jan 2010 11:26AM
European Court sick pay ruling ‘extremely disturbing'
This week’s ruling from the European Court of Justice, allowing employees to claim back time when they are sick while on holiday as extra leave at a later date, is unrealistic, according to t... | news | 16 Sep 2009 11:49AM
Workers can reschedule holidays if sick during annual leave
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that workers who go on sick leave during a period that has been scheduled as annual leave should be allowed to reschedule their holidays, even if ... | news | 14 Sep 2009 11:00AM
Holiday working stress warning
A new survey of small to medium sized businesses around the UK has shown that employees are finding it difficult to completely tear themselves away from the office, even when they’re on annua... | news | 11 Aug 2009 10:49AM
What the papers say
£16.14 is the amount of money at stake in Stringer v. HMRC
A blogger on The Times Online has discovered that the princely sum of £16.14 was the amount of money wrongfully deducted by HMRC from the defendant in this long-running case. "Sure, ther... | what the papers say | 11 Jun 2009 4:35PM
French reality TV contestants win employment rights
Reality television faces a bleak future in France after contestants who spent 12 days flirting with the opposite sex on a sun-drenched island won the right to be treated as salaried workers. In a g... | what the papers say | 4 Jun 2009 3:20PM
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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