If you’re unsure what you need to pay workers who don’t have a written contract, you should review your situation now. The best way is to speak to us and get solid employment contracts in place. The potential penalties and costs are significant and it’s not worth taking any risks when it comes to employment … Read more
Holiday pay is a legal entitlement for ALL workers. If you think that you’ve got a legitimate reason not to pay holiday pay, you should be prepared to prove this when challenged. In court. Paying legal fees of £300/hour plus VAT. If you don’t pay a worker holiday pay, then you would be liable to legal action. A worker … Read more
You will need to start doing so immediately. Claims for unpaid holiday pay can go back two years. Better to start paying for the holiday now, going forward, and hope that they don’t start a tribunal claim for the unpaid holiday before it is out of time. Call us if you would like to discuss the best way … Read more
If you’ve got a worker who works less than 5 days per week, their holiday entitlement is calculated on a pro-rata basis. So, if they work 3 days per week, they’d get 3/5 of 28 days, which is 16.8 days of paid holiday a year. This calculation works if they have set or regular hours every week. If you … Read more
Bank or public holidays do not have to be given as paid leave. Although bank holidays are not a legal requirement, many employers include them as part of the paid holiday entitlement. So, the UK has between 8 and 10 bank holidays per year (depending on where you live), which means workers can get 20 days of holiday plus bank … Read more
If they work a standard 5-day week, this means they get 5.6 weeks or 28 days of paid holiday each year. It’s often called annual leave or statutory leave entitlement, but it all means the same thing. If they work 40 hours a week (i.e. full time), they can’t earn more holiday by working more … Read more
If you’ve got workers who don’t have a written employment contract, there’s a few questions you probably have. It all comes back to what their rights are when it comes to employment law. But when it comes to holidays, what’s the score? First thing’s first, any worker you hire has rights under employment law. And you as the … Read more
