The purpose of this subpart is to—
(a) provide all employees with a minimum of 3 weeks’ annual holidays to be paid at the time the holidays are taken; and
(b) require employers to pay employees at the end of their employment for annual holidays not taken; and
(c) enable employers to manage their businesses, taking into account the annual holiday entitlements of their employees.
(d) to ensure that, on and from 1 April 2007, when an employee next becomes entitled to annual holidays, the employee’s minimum entitlement is increased from 3 weeks’ annual holidays to 4 weeks’ annual holidays.
Section 15(d): added, on 1 April 2007, by section 42.