Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2011] All ER (D) 53 (Dec)
Neutral Citation: [2011] UKSC 57
Court: Supreme Court
Judge:

Lord Hope DP, Lord Brown, Lord Mance, Lord Kerr and Lord Wilson SCJJ
Representation Thomas Linden QC and Peter Edwards (instructed by Thompsons Solicitors) for the employees.
  John Cavanagh QC and Sandy Kemp (instructed by Simpson & Marwick) for the employers.
Judgment Dates: 7 December 2011

Catchwords

Employment - Remuneration - Holidays with pay - Annual leave - Claimant employees working on offshore installations - Employees contracted to pattern of offshore work followed by onshore 'field break' - 'Field break' almost entirely free from work-related obligations - Employees contending defendant employers required to permit them to take four weeks paid annual leave from periods when they would otherwise be required to work on offshore installations - Whether employees entitled to additional leave beyond that in 'field breaks' - Working Time Regulations 1998, - Council Directive (EC) 2003/88, art 7.

The Case

Employment Remuneration. The Supreme Court held, in dismissing the claimant employees' appeal, that the defendant employer companies were entitled to insist that the employees, who worked in various capacities on offshore installations, had to take their annual leave during periods when they were onshore.

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