17th October 2011, 06:44 PM
Are people given the option of taking either holiday or money, or is the decision forced on them? If people have the choice, I don't see why it's a problem - I've had years when I've not managed to use up all of my holiday entitlement, when I'd have loved to have the option of 'selling' the unused days back to the company for a bit of extra cash rather than just losing them. However, the fact that it's gone to court suggests that the term actually relates to the situation where employees aren't given the choice, and instead are just told that they can't take their holiday time. I've never come across this situation, but as Kevin says, it sounds like bad news.
You know Marcus. He once got lost in his own museum