The government is reviewing guidance on holiday pay for term-time-only workers after law firms warned a mistake could leave schools and trusts out of pocket.
The non-statutory advice, which comes into effect in April, follows a court ruling in 2022 which means holiday pay for term-time-only workers must be calculated based on the hours they work in a normal week, not pro-rated based on the weeks worked in a year.
An employment appeal tribunal ruled in 2018 that Bedford Girls School music teacher Lesley Brazel was underpaid because of the way her holiday pay was calculated.
Four years later, the Supreme Court quashed an appeal by the school’s parent charity, the Harper Trust.
