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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9156
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice

British “rolled-up holiday pay” system contravenes European working time directive

Luxemburg, 21/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - In a Robinson-Steele judgment, the European Court of Justice has deemed the British rolled-up holiday pay system to contravene the working time directive. In this system, annual holiday payment is included in the hourly or daily rate of pay, when the worker should receive such a payment for a determined holiday period, according to a press release from the Court of Justice. The Court stresses that Member States must take the measures appropriate to...

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