Benefits

Precedents

Notice—from employer requiring worker to take holiday

To: [insert name of worker]

This notice is to info

5th Dec

Precedents

ET1 grounds of claim—annual leave

[Insert in para 8.2 of claim form ET1:]1The Claimant has been employed by the Respondent for [18 months] as a machinist in the Respondent's textile...

5th Dec

Precedents

Notice — of holiday dates from worker to employer

To: [insert name or job title]

I give noti

5th Dec

Practice notes

Discounts and subsidies

Some employers offer benefits to their employees in the form of various discounts and subsidies, such as subsidised meals, gym membership and staff...

5th Dec

Practice notes

Car or car allowance

Many employers provide company cars for certain employees as part of their remuneration package, or give them a car or fuel allowance.For sample...

5th Dec

Q&As

Can an employee be made to take holiday during a period of suspension?

Where an employee is suspended from work, eg during an investigation into alleged misconduct, he will usually be entitled to receive his full pay...

5th Dec

Q&As

Does an employee who has taken unpaid leave accrue holiday entitlement during that period; and do periods of unpaid leave or long-term sickness absence affect the amount of holiday pay an employee should receive?

The right under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR 1998) is to a total of 5.6 weeks' annual leave each 'leave year', made up of:•a basic...

5th Dec

Q&As

If an employee becomes ill during a period of pre-arranged unpaid leave, are they entitled to receive statutory sick pay (SSP)?

An employee's contract of employment may contain provisions entitling him or her to be paid during any periods of sick absence, including the duration...

5th Dec

Q&As

Where an employee is provided with a company car, is the employer permitted to withhold payment of a proportion of the employee’s final salary when the car is returned, pending an inspection of it, where there is a contractual provision enabling the employer to undertake the inspection and to make deductions from the employee’s salary for any damage revealed by the inspection?

For guidance on deductions from wages generally, see Practice Note: Deductions from wages.An employer may not make a deduction from the wages of any...

5th Dec

Q&As

Does a worker have a right to reschedule his holiday if he cannot take it because he is ill at the time?

This issue is likely to arise in two situations:•where a worker has already booked time off for annual leave but becomes ill before he is due to go on...

5th Dec

Q&As

Are employers obliged to maintain an employee’s benefits during a period of long-term sick leave, in particular where the benefit concerned is provided under a salary sacrifice arrangement?

We have assumed, for the purposes of this Q&A, that the employee’s salary has by this time either been suspended, or reduced.An employee's contract of...

5th Dec

Q&As

If an employee returns to work after six months off sick, is the employer allowed to pay them in lieu of untaken holidays at the end of that holiday year?

The following Practice Notes in Lexis®PSL Employment are relevant to your enquiry:•Holiday•Holiday pay•Holiday and sickness absence, which considers...

5th Dec

Q&As

Can an employer tell an employee when their annual leave must be taken?

See Practice Notes:•Holiday•Remedies for breach of working time rights.See also Precedents:•Notice—from employer requiring worker to take...

5th Dec

Q&As

What can an employee do if their employer withdraws a discretionary or non-contractual employee benefit scheme, contrary to a promise not to do so?

Generally, an employer has the freedom to modify non-contractual terms at any time without securing the agreement of the employee, provided that this...

5th Dec

Q&As

If an employee is not prevented by any reason from taking holiday are they permitted to carry over any days, to a future holiday year, if their contract permits it?

The right under the Working Time Regulations 1998, SI 1998/1833 (WTR 1998) is to a total of 5.6 weeks' annual leave each 'leave year', made up of:•a...

5th Dec

Q&As

Is there a right under the Working Time Regulations 1998 to carry forward some unused annual leave into a subsequent leave year?

The right to annual leave under the Working Time Regulations 1998, SI 1998/1833 (WTR 1998) is to a total of 5.6 weeks' leave each 'leave year', made...

5th Dec

Q&As

If an employer terminates an employee's contract by giving pay in lieu of notice and asks him to return his company car, how should the pay in lieu be calculated for the loss of the car for his notice period?

In this situation the employer should ensure that the employee receives the same amount that he would receive if he were to bring a claim for damages...

5th Dec

Q&As

In relation to an employee who is a military reservist, if it is agreed that their contract of employment will continue during their whole-time service, will they continue to accrue the statutory minimum holiday entitlement?

For information:•on military reservists generally, see Practice Note: Military reservists•on the right to paid holiday, see Practice Notes: Holiday...

5th Dec

Q&As

Should the claimant's unfair dismissal compensatory award be reduced by the full amount of benefits under a permanent health insurance (PHI) scheme received by him during the period covered by the award?

This Q&A considers whether the claimant's unfair dismissal compensatory award should be reduced by the full amount of benefits under a permanent...

5th Dec

Q&As

How do you calculate holiday entitlement in the first year of employment?

The statutory entitlement to holiday under the Working Time Regulations 1998, SI 1998/1833 (WTR 1998) is to a total of 5.6 weeks' annual leave each...

5th Dec

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