LRD guides and handbook December 2018

Sickness absence and sick pay - a guide for trade unions and working people

Chapter 3

Accrual

[ch 3: page 76]

Statutory annual leave continues to accrue while an employee is off sick, no matter how long they are absent for (Stringer and Others v Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, CJEU case C-520/06; and Schultz-Hoff v Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund 2009 ICR 932).