Charlotte Rees-John

Businesses in Retail, Leisure and Hospitality need to urgently review their holiday accrual and pay practices in light of new legislation

New regulations on holiday pay and entitlement came into force on 1 January 2024. It was hoped that the new rules would simplify the law...

27/03/24

Joanne Moseley

New plans will allow employers to pro-rate holiday for term-time and casual workers

Last year the Supreme Court in Brazel v Harpur Trust said that all workers on permanent or continuous contracts must receive 5.6 weeks...

17/01/23

Joanne Moseley

Supreme Court: every worker must receive 5.6 weeks leave at full pay even if they work for part of the year

Yesterday (20 July 2022), the Supreme Court handed down it's judgment in the long-running case of Harpur Trust v Brazel. It decided that...

21/07/22

Joanne Moseley

Breaking: Supreme Court will determine how much holiday term-time workers must receive

Yesterday we heard that the Supreme Court has given permission for the employers to appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision in...

23/06/20

Joanne Moseley

Government explains how holiday entitlement and pay operates during Covid-19

The government has published guidance on holiday entitlement and pay during coronavirus (Covid-19) and it includes sections on furloughed...

15/05/20

Joanne Moseley

Greenwich council expected to settle term time holiday pay claims for £3.7 million

We believe that Greenwich Council has settled holiday pay claims for around 5,000 of its term time only staff and has agreed to change...

29/11/18

Irwin Mitchell

Cancelling holidays

At the risk of wading in to what looks like a really messy workplace dispute...readers might be interested to know that Ryan Air may well...

21/09/17