Parliament has approved the Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2007 which will give employees the right to a maximum of 28 days statutory annual leave, pro-rata for part time employees. The increase will cover employees whose current entitlement of 4 working weeks includes bank-holidays.
Any employees who currently receive 4 working weeks plus bank holidays will not receive any extra entitlement under the regulations.
The Regulations will be introduced in two stages. On 1 October 2007 the minimum statutory entitlement will be raised to 4.8 working weeks with the second stage of the increase, to 5.6 working weeks coming into effect on 1 April 2009.
For further employment law advice please contact Paul Werrell, email pw@lockharts.co.uk.
