This article was published in www.screentrademagazine.com / September 2017 / screentrade
The question of how to calculate holiday pay has been perplexing employers and their legal advisers since 2014, when a case brought by a British Gas worker upset the status quo. The worker in question, Mr Lock, received results-based commission in addition to his basic salary. However, when he was on holiday, Mr Lock was ‘paid basic salary only’, which inevitably left him financially worse off after a period of annual leave.