‘Victims of domestic abuse should have access to paid time off work to help them stay safe, according to a new proposed law.’
The Independent, 6th January 2025
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Drivers working for Bolt, the ride-hailing app operator, are seeking to be classed as workers rather than self-employed contractors at an employment tribunal.’
The Guardian, 11th September 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Former workers at a failed charity say they have not received any money despite being awarded significant sums at an employment tribunal.’
BBC News, 8th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘We assess the new rules on paid holidays for atypical workers, which are being phased in from 1 April 2024.’
Mills & Reeve, 20th March 2024
Source: www.mills-reeve.com
‘Calculating statutory holiday entitlements and pay has been an area of legal uncertainty, causing practical challenges for employers, for many years now. The Government has tried to resolve some of these with new legislation and provisions to update the law on holiday pay and calculation that came into force on 1 January 2024. It has also issued non-statutory guidance on the changes and separate non-statutory guidance on holiday entitlement generally which seeks to explain, in simple terms, workers’ entitlement to annual leave and pay.’
Kingsley Napley Employment Law Blog, 7th March 2024
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘Rebecca Denvers identifies the cases which will have a big impact on employment law and HR policies and practices over the next 12 months.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th January 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘From the day-one right to request flexible working to the introduction of rolled-up holiday pay, Georgia Roberts runs through the employment law changes HR must prepare for in 2024.’
Kingsley Napley Employment Law Blog, 5th January 2024
Source: www.kingsleynapley.co.uk
‘A fitter working for the furniture chain Sharps Bedrooms is taking legal action for better employment rights in a case that could open the door to improving conditions and pay for thousands of gig economy workers fitting kitchens, bathrooms and cupboards for big chains.’
The Guardian, 2nd January 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government is changing how holiday days and pay are calculated for people who do not work full-time throughout the year, such as shift-workers, school employees and those on zero-hours contracts.’
The Guardian, 8th December 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Paul Newman KC has written a casenote on the recent decision of the CA in Campbell v NHS Business Services Authority, in which a member was held to have died in pensionable service and therefore to have been entitled only to a death in service benefit lump sum, rather than a higher ill health lump sum, by reason of untaken leave entitlement.’
Pensions Barrister, 23rd November 2023
Source: www.pensionsbarrister.com
‘The UK government’s response to two post-Brexit consultations on reforming holiday pay leaves the door open for more reforms in the future, according to two legal experts.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th November 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘October 2023’s Supreme Court decision in the case of Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and another v Agnew and others (‘Agnew’) represents a seismic shift in the law on holiday pay. The decision makes it much easier for Claimants to make historic underpayment of holiday pay claims in circumstances where they seek to demonstrate a chain of unlawful deductions. The case concerns Northern Irish workers and Northern Irish laws however the decision has wider implications for workers and employers in England and Wales.’
Exchange Chambers, 31st October 2023
Source: www.exchangechambers.co.uk
‘The UK’s Supreme Court has backed a Northern Ireland court’s earlier ruling that makes it easier for workers to raise claims for unpaid holiday pay that stretch back over a period of time.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th October 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Many UK workers could be entitled to thousands of pounds “unfairly” deducted from their pay after a supreme court decision, according to unions.’
The Guardian, 4th October 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A former Uber driver has won a payout of more than £20,000 owed to him for more than seven years after a tribunal ruled the gig economy firm failed to respect minimum wage and holiday entitlement laws.’
The Guardian, 12th July 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The entitlement to 5.6 weeks’ paid annual leave in the Working Time Regulations (WTR) is fairly straightforward to operate for full-time employees, working five days a week and paid a fixed salary. The employer just needs to let them take five weeks and three days off work, and carry on paying them their salary. Ever since the seminal judgment of the CJEU in BECTU we have known that the right in the parent Directive applies to all workers, without exception, from day one. But what does a right, expressed in weeks, mean for those, often misleadingly referred to as ‘atypical’ workers, who work only some days a week, only some weeks of the year or under a zero hours contract? What is the link, if any, between the time or hours worked and the period of annual rest?’
Old Square Chambers, 20th July 2022
Source: oldsquare.co.uk
‘Joel Wallace provides a review of the recent Supreme Court decision in Harpur Trust v Brazel [2022] UKSC 21. A copy of the judgment can be found here. Topics include: annual leave entitlement, annual leave pay, zero-hour contracts, gig workers and irregular workers.’
Littleton Chambers, 28th July 2022
Source: littletonchambers.com
‘Doug Mullen and Billy Richards consider the pensions implications of a recent Supreme Court holiday pay case.’
Local Government Lawyer, 5th August 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘This appeal concerned the calculation of annual leave and holiday pay entitlements for workers who work for varying hours during only certain weeks of the year but have a contract throughout that year (“part–year workers”).’
UKSC Blog, 20th July 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
‘On 9 November 2021, the Supreme Court heard the appeal in Harpur Trust v Brazel. The forthcoming decision is expected to provide some much-needed clarity on how employers should approach calculating annual leave entitlement and pay for workers who work irregular hours, including those workers on zero hours contracts.’
UKSC Blog, 1st April 2022
Source: ukscblog.com
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