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- Employment law cases
In Stadt Wuppertal v Bauer; Volker Willmeroth als Inhaber der TWI Technische Wartung und Instandsetzung Volker Willmeroth eK v Broßonn, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) held that a German law that prevents a payment in lieu of a deceased worker's outstanding annual leave from forming part of their estate is incompatible with EU law.
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- Letters and forms
A model form to create a comprehensive record of the reasons for an individual's absences.
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- Employment law cases
In The Sash Window Workshop Ltd and another v King [2018] IRLR 142 ECJ, the ECJ held that the right to paid annual leave of a "worker" who was treated as a self-employed, commission-only salesman could accumulate over an unlimited period, and that the worker was entitled to claim the accrued holiday pay on termination.
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- Employment law cases
In Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Willetts [2017] IRLR 870 EAT, the EAT held that payments for regularly worked voluntary overtime are part of a worker's "normal remuneration" for the purposes of calculating a week's pay in respect of a worker's holiday pay entitlement.
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- Letters and forms
A model letter designating holiday dates for an employee who has not taken their full holiday entitlement.
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- Employment law cases
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
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
A model policy on religious holidays.
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- Employment law cases
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
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.