What do we already know? We updated you in our August Newsflash Holiday pay and voluntary overtime on the EAT’s decision that payments for voluntary overtime that is normally worked must be included when calculating holiday pay for the first four weeks of holiday provided by EU law and the Working Time Regulations (Dudley Metropolitan…
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What do we already know? We updated you in our September 2016 Newsletter Case update (2): Holiday pay – What about voluntary overtime? that the Tribunal in Brettle v Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council decided that voluntary overtime payments should be included in calculating holiday pay, provided that overtime is worked with “sufficient regularity” to constitute…
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What do we already know? Calculating holiday pay has been made much more complex over the past few years. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU, formally  known as the ECJ), EAT and subsequent Tribunal decisions in Bear Scotland Ltd v Fulton and Lock v British Gas have indicated that payments such as…
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What do we already know? Calculating holiday pay has been made much more complex over the past few years. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU, formally  known as the ECJ), EAT and subsequent Tribunal decisions in Bear Scotland Ltd v Fulton and Lock v British Gas have indicated that payments such as commission and bonuses, should…
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What do we already know? Calculating holiday pay has been made much more complex over the past few years. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU, formally  known as the ECJ), EAT and subsequent Tribunal decisions in Bear Scotland Ltd v Fulton and Lock v British Gas have meant that payments such as commission and bonuses, should…
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What do we already know? In our March 2016 Newsletter Case update (1): Holiday pay & commission we updated you that the EAT had decided in the case of Lock v British Gas that sums earned by way of commission should be included in the calculation of holiday pay for the first four weeks of…
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What do we already know? Calculating holiday pay has been made much more complex over the past few years. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU, formally  known as the ECJ), EAT and subsequent Tribunal decisions in Bear Scotland Ltd v Fulton and Lock v British Gas have meant that payments such as commission and bonuses, should…
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What do we already know? Calculating holiday pay has been made much more complex over the past few years. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU, formally  known as the ECJ), EAT and subsequent Tribunal decisions in Bear Scotland Ltd v Fulton and Lock v British Gas have meant that payments such as commission and bonuses, should…
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We updated you in our February Newsflash Holiday pay and commission that the EAT has heard the appeal in Lock v British Gas and here are the further details as promised… Summary: Should sums earned by way of commission be included in the calculation of holiday pay for the first four weeks of an employee’s…
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What do we already know? In our May 2015 Newsflash Holiday pay and commission we updated you that British Gas had lodged an appeal against the Tribunal’s decision in the case of Lock v British Gas (available here) which held that it is possible to insert into the Working Time Regulations 1998 additional wording such…
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