Clarity needed on EU sickness rules - Friends Provident

A European Court of Justice ruling, made last year under the Working Time Directive, means that statutory entitlement to paid annual leave will continue during long-term sick leave. A different ruling under the Working Time Directive will allow workers to convert annual leave into sick leave, taking the annual leave at a later date The debate on the Working Time Directive reopens this autumn, and the FSB is urging the European Commission to review these Court rulings to ensure the law is rewritten to reverse these decisions. Declan White, Group Risk Marketing Manager at Friends Pro...