Working time

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  Letters and forms

  Letter designating holiday for employee who has not taken their full entitlement

  A model letter designating holiday dates for an employee who has not taken their full holiday entitlement.

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  Employment law cases

  Workers treated as self-employed can carry over annual leave indefinitely

  The European Court of Justice has held that a worker must be able to carry over unused holiday when the employer does not put that worker in a position to exercise the right to take paid annual leave.

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  Employment law cases

  Working time: ECJ rules on timing of weekly rest periods

  In this Portuguese case, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has held that the weekly rest period of 24 hours may be granted on any day during each seven-day period, and not necessarily the day following six consecutive working days.

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  Employment law cases

  EAT rules that holiday pay should include entirely voluntary overtime

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that entirely voluntary overtime should be included in normal remuneration for calculating holiday pay.

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  Policies and procedures

  Religious holidays policy

  A model policy on religious holidays.

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  Training

  Hours of work - line manager training

  Line manager training guide looking at hours of work, including the rules that prescribe maximum working hours and the process for opting out of those rules, and exploring how to manage overtime and employees who overwork.

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  Employment law cases

  Working time: employers must take active steps to provide rest breaks

  The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that an employer has a proactive duty to ensure a worker's entitlement to take a rest break, and that entitlement will be "refused" if the employer puts into place working arrangements that fail to allow the taking of the required rest break.

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  Employment law cases

  Annual leave: holiday pay must include commission, confirms Court of Appeal

  The Court of Appeal has held that the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) was correct to uphold an employment tribunal decision that the Working Time Regulations 1998 can be interpreted to require employers to include a worker's commission in the calculation of his or her holiday pay.

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  Employment law cases

  Sick leave: European court confirms holiday can be carried forward

  The European Court of Justice (ECJ) reiterated that if sickness prevents a worker from taking annual leave, his or her annual leave can be carried forward into the next holiday year. Bethan Odey summarises the case.

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  Employment law cases

  Holiday pay: employment tribunal includes purely voluntary overtime

  An employment tribunal has held that payments for purely voluntary overtime should be included in holiday pay.