Court says U.K. law inconsistent with E.U. mandate ; U.K. vacation eligibility to expand.(for short-term workers)(Brief Article)

Business Insurance, July, 2001 by Veysey, Sarah

LUXEMBOURG-U.K. employers likely will face additional costs following a European Court of Justice ruling that they must provide short-term workers with a paid vacation benefit or its cash equivalent. In its decision last week, the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg ruled that the U.K.

government in 1998 had improperly implemented the European Union's working time directive. That directive guarantees workers the right to four weeks annual paid leave. Under U.K. law, though, workers are not eligible for leave until they have worked for their employer for at least 13 weeks. But in a test case brought by the U.K. Broadcast, Entertainment, Cinematograph & Theatre Union, the European court ruled that the U.K. statute was in breach of E.U. law and that all...

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