Public consultation on draft Regulations to increase paid holiday entitlement

Summary:

The Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 gave workers a statutory right to four weeks’ paid holiday for the first time. Yet some, particularly the lowest paid, have to include time taken off on bank and public holidays against their annual holiday entitlement. The Department for Employment and Learning (“the Department”) is committed to ending this anomaly by increasing the annual holiday entitlement to reflect the number of bank and public holidays in Northern Ireland. The Department conducted an initial consultation on proposals between July and October 2006. This consultation seeks views on draft Regulations to implement the Department’s proposals. In drafting these Regulations, the Department has sought to reflect the views expressed in the responses to the initial consultation and to balance the needs of staff with those of employers. The Department aims to introduce the additional holiday entitlement in as simple and straightforward a way as possible, working within the existing regulatory framework.Responses to the consultation are sought by 13 May 2007.

Publish Date:

12 February 2007

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