Paul Joyce – BCL, BL, is a graduate of the National University of Ireland and the King’s Inns and was called to the Irish Bar in 1984. He works as Senior Policy Analyst at FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centre) Dublin. He worked as a part-time lecturer in employment law on Human Resource Management courses in the Dublin Institute of Technology from 1990 to 2003. He is a former member of the Council of the Ombudsman for Financial Services in Ireland and the author of numerous reports and submissions.
Why is Ireland's Working Time Legislation Still Out of Date? Barrister Paul Joyce reviews the UK Employment Appeals Tribunal case of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v Mr G Willetts and Others [2017] UKEAT033416JOJ.
Introduction
Of the basic employment rights provided to workers under employment legislation, the right to a minimum period of paid annual leave is understandably one of the most valued. Up until 1997, the Holidays (Employees) Act 1973 allowed for a minimum entitlement of three weeks annual leave.
1997 then saw the passing of the Organisation of Working Time Act (OWTA) (transposing the European ‘Working Time Directive) which provided for the gradual introduction of a right to four weeks of such leave, with part-time employees becoming gradually
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