Docklands Solicitor

If your handwriting is bad you still make a claim at the Employment Tribunal.  Under the recent case of May v Greenwich Council (EAT/0102/10)  much of the claim form required a magnifying glass to read and the rest was hard to translate. However, if you do not want to take the risk of having your claim thrown out contact Selwan Yousif of Kaslers Solicitors LLP our Employment law specialist

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In the recent case of Shah v First West Yorkshire it was confirmed by the Employment Tribunal that where an employee was on sick leave and was therefore unable to take his/her full entitlement of holiday leave, the employee was allowed to carry over the un-used holiday into the next holiday year.


The ET stated in the case that under the Working Time Regulations, Regulation 13(9) “Save where a worker has been prevented by illness from taking a period of holiday leave, and returns from sick leave, with insufficient time to take that holiday leave within the relevant leave year; in which case, they must be given the opportunity of taking that holiday leave in the following leave year.”

This case marks a significant victory for employees. Employers can now expect to be faced with requests, to carry over unused holiday leave in similar circumstances.

Labels: employment tribunals, holiday entitlement, legal advice, working time regulations