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12/06/2009
Law lords decision changes employment law |
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Employees who have a long-term sickness absence from work will still keep their holiday entitlements, the law lords have ruled.
The new judgement comes in the case of former tax inspector Keith Ainsworth, who had holiday pay deduced by former employer HM Revenue and Customs covering a period when he was on long-term leave.
Mr Ainsworth should have been allowed to keep this pay and workers who are unable to take a holiday due to a lengthy illness should be allowed to roll holiday time over to the next year, said Lord Rodger of Earlsferry as he delivered the verdict.
The ruling overturns a previous adjudication by the court of appeal.
Those working in the capital can consult employment lawyers in London in any instance where they feel their employers are now liable for holiday pay for time spent on sick leave.
In other employment news this week, legal expert Pamela Rogerson said that poor communication is a major cause of employment tribunals.
She wrote in the wrote in the Manchester Evening News that such cases frequently occur because staff have been made redundant when they were led to believe their jobs were safe.
Written by Anna Norton
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