In essence, no. Employees cannot get sick pay and holiday pay at the same time. Taking holiday while off sick An employee can take holiday (annual leave) while off sick. For example, if they: are not physically able to work, but physically able to take a holiday have a mental health condition that might be…
The position concerning holidays, bank holidays and part-time workers can be complex. Full time workers are entitled to 5.6 weeks (28 days) of annual leave per annum. Under the Part-Time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000, part time workers have the right to a proportion of the 5.6 weeks paid annual leave (28…
Lay-off and Short-time working, (or ‘LOST’) can be used as an alternative to compulsory redundancies. A LOST situation can arise when there is a downturn in work, or in the funds necessary to allow for full-time employment. LOST situations have arisen in 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.How is Redundancy different to LOST…
Yes. The right to paid annual leave continues to build up (‘accrue’) even during periods of absence from work, such as; during illness, maternity, paternity or adoption leave. On termination of employment, workers should be paid in lieu of any holiday not taken.However, an employee on sick leave may not take holiday during that sick…
Yes, although employers can only deduct the holiday pay overpaid from a final wage payment if there is a written agreement within the employment contract for the deduction of wages.Should such an agreement not be in place, it may prove difficult to get back the funds, unless the business is willing to take legal action…