Legal news: Employment update

Shoosmiths LLP | October 2022 #234
Navi Atwal rounds up developments affecting employers and their advisers When considering whether it is just and equitable to extend tribunal time limits, the starting point is the words of the statute, which confer a wide discretion on the tribunal. Covid special leave policy held not discriminatory by the EAT We continue to see decisions …

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Public holidays: The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – when are workers entitled to paid time off?

Brodies | May 2022 #230
With the long weekend for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee approaching in June, Katie Spearman explains whether workers will be entitled to an extra day off and considers some of the tricky issues when it comes to public holidays Whether workers will be entitled to an extra day off this year will be determined by the …

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Annual leave: Holiday pay and carry over – latest cases and the impact of the pandemic

Constantine Law | May 2021 #220
Despite a welcome ruling in the long-running Pimlico Plumbers case, avoiding breaches of the law on annual leave remains fraught with difficulty, warn Nick Hine and Ben Payne Many furloughed or other employees have accrued a large amount of holiday which they have not been able to take or wanted to take during the pandemic. …

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