Unused statutory holiday entitlement cannot be replaced by a payment in lieu, except when the employment is terminated. In limited circumstances, employees must be allowed to carry over their unused annual leave, if they have not been able to take it in the year in which it was due.

What are an employer's obligations under the Working Time Regulations 1998? Under reg.4(2) of the Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833), an employer is obliged to retain up-to-date records of workers who have agreed to opt out of the 48-hour working week. Employers should maintain a list of the names of such workers, and a copy of the opt-out agreements. Regulation 9 requires employers to keep records that are adequate to show that: working time, including overtime, for workers who...

The Working Time Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/1833) specify minimum rest break and daily and weekly rest period entitlements for adult workers aged 18 and over, and for young workers under the age of 18 but above compulsory school age. Workers cannot opt out of statutory minimum rest entitlements on an individual basis. Employers must make sure that workers can take their rest breaks. Under the terms of a collective or workforce agreement, the right of adult workers to rest breaks and rest...