Working Time Regulations: What is the correct way to calculate holiday pay?

Following on from her article last month on Harpur Trust v Brazel, Joanne Moseley reviews the impact that other key cases have had on how much holiday pay workers are entitled to receive Since workers must not be discouraged from taking leave, the pay they receive while absent must generally correspond to what they would …
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Demystifying employment contracts: Beyond the basics

Sophie Rothwell concludes our series with a look at some of the optional clauses employers may wish to include in their contracts to reduce the risk of future employment disputes Where a contract contains both a garden leave clause and post-termination restrictions, employers and advisers should consider the length of the two together when assessing …
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Working Time Regulations: Part-year workers get holiday pay bonanza

Employers must revisit their holiday pay calculations for term-time-only workers and other staff who work for part of the year under permanent or continuous contracts, warns Joanne Moseley All workers have a fixed and universal right to 5.6 weeks’ holiday and employers can only adjust this when someone’s employment starts or ends part way through …
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