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Employment rights
Advocate General proposes 18-month limit on holiday accrual while on sick leave
Indefinite accrual of holiday leave and pay while on sick leave is incompatible with the objective of recuperation, according to the Advocate General. According to case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the right to annual leave is retained even in cases of long-term illness. The length of time for [...]
Disciplinary Appeals
An important element of British law is the right of individuals who have been subjected to a sanction or other disadvantage by authority to appeal if they believe that they have been treated improperly. Indeed most people would consider this a critical requirement of natural justice. Whatever, it certainly forms an important part of the [...]
Questions from our forum 10/02/11
Each week we receive a number of payroll questions on our forum, and here are this week’s batch. Can you help with any answers? Forum posts: Deduction for sick pay I recently had to have a day off sick as my daughter was unwell and unable to attend school. When I received my payslip it [...]
Questions from our forum 03/02/11
Each week we receive a number of payroll questions on our forum, and here are this week’s batch. Can you help with any answers? Forum posts: Lieu of notice payment One of our employees has just been made redundant and is to receive a redundancy payment above the basic legal requirement and to be given [...]
New statutory employment rights limits from February 2011
Section 34 of the Employment Relations Act 1999 and Article 33 of the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 provide for an increase or decrease in the following statutory limits from 1 February each year according to the year-on-year change in the retail price index (RPI) at the previous September. The increases shown from Tuesday, [...]
