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Important decision on how you calculate holiday pay

10th November 2014

Last week, the Employment Appeals Tribunal published a decision on the calculation of holiday pay that made headline news (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29896810). The case, Bear Scotland and others, has confirmed that workers are entitled to be paid normal remuneration for their holiday and for four weeks of that holiday, normal remuneration includes non-guaranteed overtime. Unite claimed that […]

CAN THE SYSTEM CATCH UP WITH THE LIKES OF JOHN BERRY?

19th November 2010

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has just dismissed four appeals from John Berry against recruitment agencies and employers. All four Respondents had posted job adverts requesting “school leavers” or “recent Graduates”. Mr John Berry, age 54, claimed that he had been discriminated against because of his age by these adverts even though he failed to […]