A further additional public holiday has been announced to take place on Monday 19th September 2022, to coincide with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s State Funeral. Schools will, therefore, close. Full time employees will simply receive an additional day off and if this is the case no further payment is required. Similarly, any part time employees, … Read more
Background Ms Brazel, a visiting music teacher at Bedford Girls School, was employed by the trust on a zero-hours contract. Employed by Harpur Trust (Harpur) under a permanent contract on a zero hours basis. Harpur is not obliged to provide a fixed minimum amount of work and she is paid only for the amount of … Read more
As you will be aware there is uncertainty regarding self-isolation for those who choose to travel overseas during the ongoing pandemic. It has come to our attention that some staff have booked or looking to book a holiday abroad during the summer holidays. We have therefore created the communication below so that schools if they wish, can … Read more
Good morning, As you may be aware, people entering England from key holiday destinations (if visited or made a transit stop) including Spain, France, and parts of Greece and Portugal now have to quarantine. Link to government list of countries on the travel corridor list – https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-travel-corridors#countries-territories-and-regions-on-the-travel-corridor-list All arriving passengers will be required to complete … Read more
As you may be aware, from 8 June 2020 the UK introduced the requirement to self-isolate for 14 days upon return from most overseas travel destinations. The government have published a list of exemptions from quarantine. All arriving passengers will be required to complete a form to provide contact and travel information so they can be contacted … Read more
On 6th August the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal from 6th March 2018 in the case of Brazel v The Harper Trust. The Court of Appeal considered whether the holiday entitlement of part-year workers on permanent contracts should be prorated to that of full year workers to reflect the … Read more
New guidance on calculation of holidays published On 25th February 2019 the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published guidance on how to calculate holiday entitlement correctly. This has come from a Government backed campaign to prevent workers losing out on holiday pay after an alarming lack of awareness from both Employers and … Read more
Summary In two German cases relating to the right to a payment in lieu of accrued but untaken annual leave the European Court has ruled that, under the Working Time Directive, a worker does not automatically lose their accrued but untaken holiday entitlement at the end of a holiday year in when they … Read more
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