CJEC: Inclusion of payment for annual leave in the hourly or daily remuneration applied by British employers is contrary to European law

After the risk of sentence in the case C-484/04 Commission/United Kingdom, the British working hours’ regulation is in the hot seat. In this case, the arrangements and the working hours organisation established by employment contract or collective agreement (which is authorized by the British law) and which often leads to reduce workers’ entitlement to paid annual leave to simple financial compensation. Three matters have been referred to the Court. The plaintiffs received payments for the...