Working time

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• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer make a job offer dependent on the applicant agreeing to work more than the 48-hour weekly limit imposed by the Working Time Regulations 1998?

• Type:

  FAQs

  If an employee agrees to work more than the limit imposed by the Working Time Regulations 1998, can the employer be held liable if the employee becomes ill as a result of working long hours?

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  FAQs

  Can employers require employees to take a proportion of their annual leave during a manufacturing stoppage due to a downturn in demand?

• Date:

  26 August 2009

  Type:

  Employment law cases

  Holiday pay: Unpaid holiday pay can be claimed as unlawful deductions from wages

  In HM Revenue and Customs v Stringer and others sub nom Commissioners of Inland Revenue v Ainsworth and others [2009] IRLR 677 HL, the House of Lords held that a claim for unpaid holiday due under the Working Time Regulations 1998 can be brought as an unlawful deductions from wages claim under ss.13 and 23 of the Employment Rights Act 1996.

• Type:

  FAQs

  How should an employer deal with an employee who calls in sick on a bank holiday?

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  FAQs

  If a part-time or shift-working employee is not scheduled to work on a bank holiday, are they entitled to an additional day's holiday?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Are employees who are required to work on bank holidays entitled to pay in lieu of time off, or additional holiday?

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  FAQs

  Can employees be required to take annual leave on bank holidays?

• Type:

  FAQs

  If a part-time employee is contracted to work a half day on a bank holiday, are they entitled to an additional half day's holiday to take at another time?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Are employees entitled to time off for bank holidays in addition to the statutory minimum annual leave entitlement of 5.6 weeks?