Holidays, Annual (and the Working Time Regulations)
Key points § The Working Time Regulations 1998 (as amended) implement Council Directives 93/104/EC (concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time) and 94/33/EC (on the protection of young people at work). The Regulations, which came into force on 1 October 1998, contain provisions relating to maximum working hours, night work, rest breaks and annual holidays. This section deals with a worker's legal right to four weeks' paid annual holidays. Meaning of 'worker' § The reader will note that the 1998 Regulations apply to 'workers', which expression encompasses workers who are employees (ie, people employed under contracts of employment) but also individuals (such as casual and seasonal workers, agency 'temps' and so-called 'freelancers') who undertake to do or perform personally any work or services for an employer, whether the contract under which they are employed or engaged is verbal or written, express or implied. The Regula...