Harpur Trust v Brazel Case – Implications for Employers
Posted in : First Tuesday Q&A NI on 1 November 2022
Chris Fullerton
Arthur Cox NI
In light of the judgment in Harpur Trust v Brazel, how do you calculate holiday pay for workers on permanent contracts with no regular working hours (i.e. zero-hours)?
The UK Supreme Court in Harpur Trust v Brazel [2022] UKSC 21 removed the widely accepted method of calculating holiday pay in a unanimous decision. Before this judgment, it was generally accepted that holiday pay should be calculated on a percentage of actual hours worked, being 12.07%.
However, the Supreme Court found that holiday pay instead should be calculated using the ‘calendar method’ based on the proportion of weeks the worker was actually engaged, regardless of the amount of work done. All workers therefore have a
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Chris Fullerton
Arthur Cox NI
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