Employers counting the cost of Law Lords' sick pay ruling

But this was how the claim by former tax inspectors against HMRC reached its nail biting conclusion in the House of Lords last month. The Lords' judgement broadly means that: employees on sick leave can take unused statutory holiday on returning to work or receive payment in lieu on termination unclaimed statutory holiday at the end of each year of absence can be carried forward (UK Working Time Regulations traditionally mean "use it, or lose it") employees denied holiday pay while on sick leave can claim wrongful deduction from wages.  Unsurprisingly, the Lords' decision h...