Almoayed said the previous Labour law entitled people to 21 days of
annual leave, but recent changes had pushed that up to 42 days, of which 30 are working days.
60 per cent even claimed to regularly feel more tired and stressed out after taking
annual leave than they would if they had been in the office because they are doing anything but relaxing.
The CJEU distinguished between the purpose of
annual leave and the purpose of sick leave.
Furthermore, employers need to be mindful that granting additional
annual leave to an employee can set a dangerous and expensive precedent.
According to the survey, workers aged 18 to 34 were twice as likely not to take all their
annual leaves because they thought if they took leaves for a holiday they would miss an important decision at work, reports The Daily Telegraph.
The conclusion of the advocate-general is that the existence of the right to paid
annual leave cannot be made subject to a worker's capacity for work.
The Act also provides that the method of calculating
annual leave is different where the employer chooses to instigate an annual closedown on a regular basis.
Ministers had planned to increase the legal minimum
annual leave from the current 20 days to 28 in two stages, adding four days from this October and a further four from October 2008.
Offices in the North East are near-deserted as employees use up
annual leave before the end of the year.
The battle over wages and
annual leave has seen 40 pilots resign in the last six months but a new deal which has ironed out the main sticking points is set to be signed in the next few days according to both union and airline officials.
I'm furious, as company employees enjoy statutory holidays with pay and get all their
annual leave paid for.
had scheduled
annual leave for September 11, 2001 for the entire
