There have been many legislative changes this year to do with Coronavirus (“Covid-19”), however, it would be fair to say that these have come, gone and changed so frequently that it would not be helpful to detail them all here. As such, below is a summary of the key ones Read more…
The Working Time Regulations 1998 (“WTR”) have been amended to allow the carry-over of untaken leave where the leave cannot be taken due to COVID-19. This leave can be carried over into the next two leave years following the leave year in respect of which it was due to be Read more…
In the UK the entitlement to paid annual leave is governed by the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR) which implements the Working Time Directive. UK law states that employees must take their entitlement to the 4 weeks leave provided for by the Working Time Directive in the leave year in Read more…
In the latest in a long line of cases on the interaction of sickness leave and holiday leave, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has given some welcome guidance on whether an employee off sick needs to request to take leave and if it is not taken, how long it needs to Read more…
We may not think so, but an increasing number of companies are taking steps to prevent their employees from emailing out of hours. In recent years, particularly with the development of new smartphone technology, there has been increased pressure on staff and an expectation that employees will continue to engage with Read more…