Federación de Servicios de Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) v Deutsche Bank SAE [2019] EUECJ C-55/18

Working Time Regulations: Holidays and working hours – the debate continues

Recent cases on calculating holiday pay and recording workers’ hours show that it remains tricky for employers to understand and comply with their working time obligations, reports Ben Daniel ‘The development of a cogent set of principles for the calculation of holiday pay has been a long and winding road.’ Working time, and in particular …

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Legal news: Employment update

Gwynneth Tan and Antonia Blackwell round up the latest case law and developments affecting employers and their advisers ‘The school dismissed Mr Aplin on notice on the basis that his position was untenable. After an appeal during which he again did not have access to all the evidence on which the appeal panel had relied, …

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Working Time Regulations: Employers should not rest easy on breaks from work

Flexible working can make it difficult to check whether staff are taking adequate rest breaks but it is important to get this right to avoid legal liabilities, warns Syma Spanjers ‘In the longer term, employers should encourage a workplace culture in which taking breaks is acceptable. Managers should lead by example to show that they …

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