Pay during holidays is calculated in the same way as a normal week’s pay. This simple but important principle was established after many years of litigating by trade unions, up to the level of the European Court of Justice.

These cases have established that when on holiday, you should be paid the same pay as when you are working. For example, it should include:

• Results-based commission pay that would have been earned if you had not been on holiday;
• Regular overtime pay;
• Travel-time payments;
• Shift premiums;
• Weekend premium payments; and
• Anti-social hours payments.