Working time

New and updated

• Type:

  Training

  Annual leave - line manager training

  Updated to reflect legislation in place from 1 January 2024 that impacts irregular hours workers and part-year workers and the situations in which annual leave can be carried over.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Where an employee cannot take all their accrued statutory holiday due to maternity leave, must they be allowed to carry it over?

  Updated to reflect legislation in force from 1 January 2024 confirming that annual leave that cannot be taken due to maternity leave can be carried forward.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Should an employer insist that holiday is taken?

  Updated to reflect legislation in place from 1 January 2024 confirming the circumstances in which annual leave can be carried forward.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can employees carry over unused statutory annual leave to the next holiday year?

  Updated to reflect legislation in place from 1 January 2024 confirming the circumstances in which annual leave can be carried forward.

• Type:

  How to

  How to deal with the holiday entitlement of an employee taking adoption leave

  Updated to reflect legislation in force from 1 January 2024 confirming that annual leave that cannot be taken due to adoption leave can be carried forward.

• Type:

  How to

  How to deal with the holiday entitlement of an employee taking maternity leave

  Updated to reflect legislation in force from 1 January 2024 confirming that annual leave that cannot be taken due to maternity leave can be carried forward.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Do employers have to keep records of the hours worked by those of their workers who have chosen to opt out of the average 48-hour week?

  Updated to reflect legislation in place from 1 January 2024 confirming that employers do not need to keep records of each worker's daily working hours.

• Type:

  FAQs

  What are an employer's record-keeping obligations under the Working Time Regulations 1998?

  Updated to reflect legislation in place from 1 January 2024 confirming that employers do not need to keep records of each worker's daily working hours.

• Type:

  Employment law guide

  Hours of work

  Updated to reflect changes to record-keeping requirements, effective from 1 January 2024.

• Date:

  16 November 2023

  Type:

  Commentary and insights

  Changes to holiday entitlement and pay in 2024: What does HR need to know?

  A number of changes to holiday entitlement and pay are due to come in next year, especially for workers with irregular hours and part-year workers. We look at what HR needs to know to be ready for the developments.