Requiring employees to take holiday during furlough
Employers, you can now require employees to take holiday during furlough! Furloughed employees are continuing to accrue statutory holiday entitlements (and any additional holiday provided for under their contract of employment). Subsequently, this could result in a number of employees accruing a total of 8 months’ holiday! The Government has recently published guidance stating that […]
Holiday pay – Changes to minimise the impact of COVID-19
The Government has today announced that new legislation is going to be introduced which will allow workers to carry over up to 4 weeks of their annual leave entitlement into the next 2 leave years, where it has not been possible for them to take some or all of their holidays due to the Coronavirus. […]