Holiday

Yes, it’s a Sunday and many of you won’t be working, but when you run an inclusive and diverse business, it’s a good idea to use awareness days like this to highlight acceptance and the importance of celebrating other cultures. It’s a good excuse to talk...

Whether or not voluntary overtime should be included in holiday pay calculations has been a popular topic of discussion recently. It has been argued that organisations who do not pay their employees for exerting voluntary overtime should rethink their calculations, since we are increasingly finding ourselves experiencing more expensive...

On these dark windy and rainy mornings, getting up and out of the house can often be a struggle. Winter blues affect many people and this can have an impact on sickness absence within your business. An innovative idea, originated from the US, was the...

If you pay your employees a basic wage and they earn a commission on top, then do you allow for those potential earnings on their holiday pay? Last month, The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) heard the appeal in the important case British Gas Trading Ltd v...