Paid holiday under Working Time Regulations Summary The Working Time Regulations 1998 apply to workers, not just employees. Workers are entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks holiday (incl...
Carry-forward of statutory paid leave The Court of Appeal has held that a worker who took leave which the employer failed to pay because it saw him as ‘self-employed’...
Holiday pay and voluntary overtime payments The Court of Appeal has confirmed a previous EAT decision which held that payments for voluntary overtime, if ‘normal’, should b...
Carry-forward of paid leave Where an employer had not allowed a worker paid leave because he was considered ‘self-employed’, the worker could now claim agai...
Paid holiday and voluntary overtime pay The EAT held that pay for voluntary overtime could be ‘normal’ pay, which under EU law had to be taken into account in calculati...
Duty to allow breaks is proactive The EAT has held that employers should proactively ensure working arrangements allow for workers to take breaks under the Working Time Regul...
Working Time Introduction and summary The Working Time Regulations 1998 were the first of the major provisions of the EU Social Chapter to be implemented...
Age: Health and safety legislation for younger workers Certain laws impose additional duties on employers with regard to workers under the age of 18 years. No child should be employed under the a...
