Member query: how are other employers dealing with overtime and holiday pay?

Can you help a REBA member with her review of the impact of the Bear case on overtime and holiday pay? It follows the Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling in November on the Bear Scotland Ltd v Fulton and other cases which was the latest in a line of cases looking at what must be included in holiday pay under the UK's Working Time Regulations.

Perhaps you’re suffering the same headache? Or you have found a good solution?

She works for a large organisation as head of reward and is keen to chat to other pratitioners in the same situation.

She says: “I am wondering if you can provide me with some guidance on a current issue that is causing us a headache. Over the past few months we have been reviewing the impact of the Bear case on overtime and holiday pay. Although we are not really sure it will impact us there is a vagueness around the intent around voluntary overtime.

We have been trying to find out what other companies are doing both with regards to non guaranteed overtime and voluntary and wondered if you were aware of any surveys or discussions between the other members.”

If you’d like to contact to her please email [email protected] and I’ll put you in touch with each other.

If there are quite a few people who’d be keen to discuss this topic then REBA would be happy to co-ordinate a conference call.

We look forward to hearing from you.