Here we go again, it is going to appear that I am obsessed with the EU, but I can assure you its not obsession but concern, the latest nonsense this time from the court of European Justice is that employees have the right to ask for statutory leave to be “reallocated” when it is spoilt by sickness. Under the terms of the judgment, employees will be allowed to carry any annual leave marred by illness over into the next holiday year.
Which really gives the green light for all sorts of scams by workers, watch the claims come in by the millions, this in effect handing every worked a couple of weeks extra holiday a year with full pay. I know that their are going to be some genuine cases where someone takes a week of work then catch’s a cold or something and spend the week in bed, and only recover in time to return to work, but this is now going to be the norm for lots of people and how can an employer protest when the worker has the EU behind it, as usual our Government timidly go along.
The ruling, made over a case in Spain, is in effect a new interpretation of the European Working Time Directive, which applies in Britain across the entire private and public sector. The Judgement came in a case heard at the EU court, in Luxembourg, regarding Francisco Pereda, who works for Madrid city council. Mr Pereda had been scheduled to take a month’s annual leave in the summer of 2007. He was injured shortly before the annual leave was to start and was refused a request to move his holiday by his employer. Judges decided that the employee should have been allowed to take his holiday at another date — and if necessary that it could be carried forward to the next holiday year.
Though that applied to somebody who had booked a holiday then became ill prior to it happening the same rules would apply if you became ill while on holiday.
This cannot be a good thing, long term effects will on our pockets as industry tries to recoup the money it will cost with inevitable price rises.
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