Great Britain: holiday pay for contract and temporary workers must use the same calculation method as for permanent employees

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On 20 July, the UK Supreme Court ruled that the method of calculating holiday pay for a contract teacher should be similar to that used for permanent employees. This ground-breaking decision could force companies to review the way they calculate holiday pay for all temporary employment  contracts.
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Ms. Brazel, a part-time contract music teacher at the independent Harpur Trust music school, lodged an initial complaint against her employer in 2015 for having suddenly changed the way it calculated her holiday pay. Until 2011, Ms Brazel had received an allowance equivalent to 5.6 weeks’ paid annual leave, the same number of days off as all UK employees. However, from 2011, the music school opted for a ‘proportional’ calculation system, which is very popular among businesses employing...

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