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Employees on long-term sick leave are entitled to take all holiday they have accrued when they return to work, the European Court of Justice has ruled.
And if workers were sacked or left a firm, they must receive holiday pay equivalent to the time they were unable to take while ill, the judges added.
The verdict clears up years of dispute over whether holiday rights accrued are lost after prolonged illness.
Critics say the ruling would be a blow for many employers.
And of course, when they take the holidays after being sick, they can phone in sick on holiday and repeat the process.
I once worked with a (permie) bloke who flew out on a business trip to the USA, and then got an American doctor to say he had an ear infection and could not fly back. Bloke got to stay in a top hotel in the USA on sick leave for a month!
Employees on long-term sick leave are entitled to take all holiday they have accrued when they return to work, the European Court of Justice has ruled.
And if workers were sacked or left a firm, they must receive holiday pay equivalent to the time they were unable to take while ill, the judges added.
The verdict clears up years of dispute over whether holiday rights accrued are lost after prolonged illness.
Critics say the ruling would be a blow for many employers.
And of course, when they take the holidays after being sick, they can phone in sick on holiday and repeat the process.
I once worked with a (permie) bloke who flew out on a business trip to the USA, and then got an American doctor to say he had an ear infection and could not fly back. Bloke got to stay in a top hotel in the USA on sick leave for a month!
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