Know your rights. Get your days. Stop letting employers shortchange your holiday.
Too many UK workers are being short-changed on holiday. Full-time, part-time, zero-hours: the law guarantees you 5.6 weeks. Here's what that actually means, how pro-rata works, and what to do if your employer isn't delivering.
Read more →"Use it or lose it" isn't the whole story. The carry-over rules are more complex than most employers let on, and sickness, maternity, and employer obstruction all create legal rights to roll holiday forward.
Read more →You do NOT have an automatic right to bank holidays off. That surprises a lot of people. Here's what the law actually says, how it affects your 28 days, and what to check in your contract.
Read more →Part-time and irregular hours are not the same thing and the law treats them completely differently. The 12.07% accrual method, when rolled-up holiday pay is lawful, and why an employer still working it out the 2022 way is probably underpaying you.
Read more →The Working Time Regulations set out a formula for accrued untaken leave, and a much narrower rule about clawing back leave you took but had not earned. What your employer can and cannot deduct, and what to check on the final payslip.
Read more →Overtime, commission and shift premiums should be in your holiday pay, and the weeks you were off sick should not be dragging the average down. The 52-week reference period in detail, plus why the first four weeks can be paid at a different rate to the other 1.6.
Read more →You keep earning annual leave while off sick or on maternity leave, and leave you could not take is not leave you have lost. The carry-over rules for each type of absence, the 18 month sickness limit, and the notice rules nobody reads.
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