Jason Elliott was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 2013 and is the Associate Head of School of Law at Ulster University. As a practising barrister, he has developed a largely civil practice representing individuals, companies and public bodies in litigation. This covers a wide range of areas including personal injuries, wills and employment law. In terms of employment law, he has represented both applicants and respondents in the Industrial Tribunal. At Ulster University, Jason lectures extensively on the civil areas of practise such as Equity and Trusts and delivers employment law lectures for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
The Tribunal provided guidance on how the remedy for underpayment of holiday pay would be calculated and that it could go back to November 1996.
This case involves the examination of an historic underpayment of holiday pay on the basis that overtime was not included as part of the calculation and was not in compliance with the Working Time Directive. Following the decision by the Supreme Court on the claims, the Tribunal has now provided guidance on how remedies can be calculated looking at issues of how far to backdate, whether interest-like compensation can be given, what records are required, and if a particular divisor can be used across the range of claims.
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