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NLJ this week: Holiday time raising issues for employers

29 July 2020
Issue: 7897 / Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Employment
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Lockdown has created confusion over holiday entitlement and how holiday pay is calculated, while employers have also grappled with amendments to the Working Time Regulations

Writing in this week’s NLJ, Charles Pigott, professional support lawyer, Mills & Reeve, discusses the practicalities of the amendments, which came into effect on 26 March, three days after national lockdown began. He considers some of the interesting employment questions arising as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, can an employer require a furloughed employee to take holiday during lockdown?

Recent confirmation by the Supreme Court that it has granted permission to appeal two holiday pay cases raises further topics for discussion.

Pigott writes: ‘Once these appeals have been determined, the law on the calculation of holiday pay should be a good deal clearer―at least until the inevitable disputes about holiday rights during furlough start to emerge.’ 

Issue: 7897 / Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Employment
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