Values and doing the right thing

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Holiday Pay – Important Case Update

The Court of Appeal has confirmed in an important Judgment in the case of Smith v Pimlico Plumbers Ltd [2022] EWCA Civ 70, that a worker will be entitled to carry forward into subsequent leave years, all holiday which is untaken (or taken but unpaid) and that the worker’s claim for the entire amount will crystallise upon termination.

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Jones Chase’s 2021 Employment Law Highlights

Have you been wondering what you might have missed as we have left 2021, a year in which we saw two landmark Supreme Court decisions? 2021 brought us confirmation that “sleep-in” care workers are not entitled to minimum wage while asleep. In addition, Uber drivers are classed as ‘’workers’’ and entitled to basic employment rights, which caused a ripple effect within the gig economy. However, this was just the tip of the 2021 Employment Law iceberg.

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Top 5 tips for managing workers’ holiday successfully

You may be turning your mind to how to best manage holiday requests from staff, bearing in mind that many organisations’ holiday year ends on 31 December. Staff may have taken less holiday this year than normal due to the lock down earlier in the year, being on furlough or possibly not manging to go on the holiday they would have liked. They may, therefore, have more holiday than usual left to take.
Set out in this article are Jones Chase’s top 5 tips for managing workers’ holiday successfully.

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