A bill was introduced in Parliament earlier this month, proposing new enforcement powers for inspectors to ensure that workers get their full entitlement to four weeks paid holiday.
The 'Annual Leave Entitlement (Enforcement) Bill' gives inspectors from the Inland Revenue National Minimum Wage Enforcement Agency more enforcement power, so they can take action against employers who don't give employees at least four weeks paid holiday.
At present, an employee can only make a complaint, and take the employer to an employment tribunal, but this bill would allow inspectors to look at the whole workforce, not just the individual who made the complaint.
A survey by the Trades Union Congress, found that 400,000 full time workers in the UK were receiving less than 12 days paid leave a year.
Our view
All employees should have a right to time-off to ensure that they have quality of life with their families as well as 're-charging their batteries'.
Never forget though, this is also a burden on employers - pretty much we all get a month off in a year for free! In addition, our employers have to pay National Insurance on top of our wages, pay maternity leave, allow flexible working, insure that our work conditions are safe, offer pension schemes, allow disabled access, not discriminate (racially or sexually), comply with every health and safety law man can think of and as act as a Government agent and collect tax and VAT.
Being the boss is not always that good either! Government should cut down on red tape! A 'jumped up' holiday inspector who has never ran a business will have no idea!