Holidays and sickness absence

There has been a series of recent decisions by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) about the relationship between the WTRs and sickness absence. There is also an outstanding government consultation on changing the WTRs to accommodate ECJ case law, the Modern Workplaces consultation. Consultation has closed, but the government’s response on this aspect of the consultation has not yet been published. The following points set out the current position.