Holiday pay - New rights

As from 1st October 2007 anyone working full time is entitled to 24 days paid holiday a year (up from 20 days). This is the minimum you must be given but your contract may entitle you to more. Public and bank holidays will count as part of your holiday entitlement unless your contract specifically says that you are given these in addition to your statutory paid holiday so you need to check the terms. The Government Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (DBERR) has produced a ready reckoner to help calculate entitlement. It is available from the DEBRR website at www.berr.gov.uk

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Lorry driver saves job by taking a holiday!

At Rugby Court today a lorry driver saved his job by taking an enforced 4 week holiday! Richard Best Solicitor represented a Leicester heavy goods vehicle lorry driver with 9 speeding points on his license. He pleaded guilty to a further speeding case today which could have seen him banned for 6 months under the totting up procedure and the loss of his job! Richard persuaded Magistrates to disqualify him for 28 days (which his employers had agreed to allow him to take as holiday) and not impose any further points so he kept his license! He will now resume his job after his enforced "holiday" from work. He was warned he would still have 9 points on his license when he resumes driving. The moral is get good advice if you have points on your license!