UK: New Judgment: Holiday Pay Must Now Include Overtime Payments

Does this affect my business?   Yes – it does if you pay any of your workers overtime or other allowances that could be classed as “normal” pay.

What counts as “overtime”? Overtime includes compulsory overtime, and ‘non-guaranteed’ overtime which the employer was not obliged to provide, but which the worker was contractually obliged to do.  (‘Voluntary’ overtime was not considered but may next be in the firing line).

Do I have to include overtime in holiday […]

By | November 25th, 2014 ||

Canada: Understanding Vacation Entitlements In Ontario

Vacation pay and vacation time are two separate issues in Ontario. Most employees are entitled to vacation pay, which must be at least four per cent of the employee’s gross wages earned in the 12-month vacation entitlement year, whether or not they take the vacation time. Employees cannot give up their entitlement to vacation pay.

Vacation pay must generally be paid to the employee in a lump sum before the vacation begins; on each pay […]

By | November 25th, 2014 ||

United States: Voter Actions Undercut Federal Push For $10.10 Minimum Wage

John Thompson’s article “Voter Actions Undercut Federal Push for $10.10 Minimum Wage” was featured on TLNT on November 11, 2014.

Earlier this month, several states and localities voted in favor of increasing their minimum wage.

Right on cue, many (including U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez) seized upon these results as ostensibly supporting an increase in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s rate to $10.10 per hour.

On the contrary, the developments emphasize that no such nationwide […]

By | November 25th, 2014 ||