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As Predicted After Brexit Tory Government Cut Holiday Entitlement Protected
By The Working Time Directive

Despite promises to retain workers rights and entitlements inherent in the EU's Working Time Directive, The Tory government have now 'sneakingly' cut the holiday entitlementv of part time, shift workers, school employees, and zero hours contracts workers; making their entitledment to be now awarderd on a pro-rata basis from the start of each year of employment.

This means that Part-time and shift workers could lose up to £248m holiday pay in UK with experts claiming alteration to holiday rights is one of the most significant erosions of employment protections since UK left the EU.

This will mean that instead of receiving full holiday rights at the beginning of the year in the same way as full-time workers, 5 million British workers on temporary or irregular contracts will have to gradually gain them during the year.

Experts say the change is one of the most significant erosions of employment protections since the UK left the EU working time directive.

A government spokesperson said:

“We are reforming this legislation to make overtime, holiday pay and entitlement legislation less complex and easier for employers to follow.” All part of the philosophy that anything employers have to do to benefit their workforce, is too difficult and red tape!

The Tories hated the Working Time Directive and have effectively started to abolished it in the UK, with further worker's rights to be reduced or permanently curtailed. In doing so, they state that this will make the implementation of holiday entitlement easier for employers!

Of course those opposing such moves claim it will encourage employers to increase the use of zero hour contracts as well as part-time contracts. Once again this ensures that UK workers remain with less rights, and lower pay rates than the majority of workers in the European Union.

But the Labour Party leadership have stated that they cannot guarantee they will repeal the legislation which enacts this robbing of worker's rights.

Commenting on the Tory attacks in workers rights, the Justin Madders, the shadow minister for employment rights, said:

“This government rebuffed Labour’s efforts to protect paid holidays. They’ve well and truly shattered their manifesto promise to level up rights at work. Labour’s New Deal is our plan to make work pay, ensuring a high-growth, high-wage economy, underpinned by job security and strong rights at work.”

A government analysis reveals that the change will be so wide-ranging that it will save employers between £50m and £248m every year. You can download the report from the Unionsafety E-Library by using search category 'Working Time Issues'

Source: The Guardian / Gov.co.uk

 

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