LRD guides and handbook July 2020

Law at work 2020 - the trade union guide to employment law

Chapter 4

Contractual holiday rights

[ch 4: page 139]

Some workers have contractual rights to more than the 5.6 weeks of holiday entitlement under the WTD. The rules governing this extra (contractual) holiday will depend on the contract of employment.

An employee is only entitled to be paid for unused contractual holiday if the contract says so. Normally, there is an express contractual term, but the tribunal may imply a term (Janes Solicitors v Lamb Simpson EAT/323/94). See Chapter 3, page 81.