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UK: European Court of Justice ruling on working time creates headache for employers of peripatetic workers
The European Court of Justice has ruled that, for peripatetic employees with no fixed or habitual workplace, time spent travelling from home to the first …
UK: Statutory holiday - recalculation of entitlement to reflect change to hours need not be retrospective
The ECJ has confirmed that, when a worker increases their hours during the leave year, the statutory leave entitlement going forward must be recalculated …
UK: ECJ rules that travel to and from home may count as working time for peripatetic workers
The ECJ has followed the Advocate-General's opinion in Federacion de Servicios Privados v Tyco Integrated Security (reported in our blog here) that, for …
Saudi Arabia: Key changes to labour law
Saudi Arabia’s Council of Ministers has approved amendments to the Kingdom’s labour laws, but has delayed the implementation of new Saudisation …
UK: Employers must permit carry-over of statutory holiday for 18 months where unused due to sickness
Employees unable or unwilling to take their 4 weeks' EU-derived statutory holiday because of sickness absence continuing to the end of the leave year can …
UK: Working time - Advocate-General Opinion that travel to and from home may count as working time for peripatetic workers
The ECJ Advocate-General has given the opinion in Federacion de Servicios Privados v Tyco Integrated Security that, for peripatetic employees with no …
UK: Holiday pay - Northern Irish ruling that employers may need to include voluntary overtime pay in calculation
In Patterson v Castlereagh BC the Northern Irish Court of Appeal has given its view that, in principle, voluntary overtime pay may need to be included in …
UK: New resources for employers on facial disfigurement, epilepsy, dementia, holiday pay, right to work checks
Charity Changing Faces has published guidance to assist employers with handling the issue of facial disfigurement. It advises that employers should …
UK: Employer appeals tribunal ruling that commission must be reflected in statutory holiday pay
As expected, the employment tribunal in Lock v British Gas Trading has confirmed that words can be written into the Working Time Regulations to …
UK: Tribunal confirms that UK regulations can be read as requiring commission to be reflected in statutory holiday pay
Readers will be familiar with recent EU and UK caselaw ruling that the UK Working Time Regulations fail to properly implement EU law, which …
Australia: Are there broad lessons for Australia from overseas WR arrangements?
“Beyond their advantages in providing lessons about parts of the WR system and any of its flaws, are there broad lessons for Australia from overseas WR …
UK: Fit for Work - employer guidance recommends review of sickness policies
The DWP has published guidance notes on the new Fit for Work scheme being phased in over 2015, recommending that employers update their sickness absence …
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