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Wages, Leave & Payroll
Minimum pay, deductions, holidays, leave records and payroll compliance.
Sources last reviewed 28 July 2026
Main law guides
122
Acts, regulations and codes worth reading first
Topics
60
Plain-English clusters
Published case explainers
143
Selected cases with a business lesson
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Plain-English explainers, not legal advice. Use the linked official source for section-level detail, and get advice for your situation.
Get legal helpMain laws
Employment Act 2002
2002 c. 22
Employment Rights Act 1996
UKPGA 1996 c 18
Employment Rights Act 2025
2025 c. 36
Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations 1999
SI 1999/3312
National Minimum Wage Act 1998
UKPGA 1998 c 39
Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018
2018 c. 24
Pensions Act 2008
UKPGA 2008 c 30
Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014
SI 2014/3050
Work and Families Act 2006
2006 c. 18
Working Time Regulations 1998
SI 1998/1833
Small Charitable Donations Act 2012
2012 c. 23
Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023
2023 c. 20
Cases
Bath Racecourse Ltd v Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe SE
Insurance recovery is calculated under the policy, not from headline revenue loss alone. Grants, reimbursements and avoided costs may affect the final amount. Keep...
River Island Holdings Limited, Re
The practical lesson is not that every struggling business can cut leases through court process. It is that directors should act early, build evidence and compare...
Westfield Park Limited v Harworth Estates Investments Limited
Do not assume a court will treat a practical improvement as the same as the contractual trigger. If the real bargain is "pay more when static caravans are allowed",...
Wise Payments Limited v With Wise Limited & Ors
If you are choosing or changing a brand, do not stop at checking whether another business looks like a direct competitor. Map what your business actually does now,...
Restaurant EC3 Limited v Tavor Holdings Limited
If your business is in dispute with a landlord over forfeiture, do not assume that an unlawful re-entry claim will automatically cancel out rent arrears in...
TUI UK Ltd v Griffiths
If your business is defending a claim that depends on expert evidence, do not assume you can stay silent during the evidence stage and then argue at the end that...
Harpur Trust v Brazel
Holiday pay is a payroll legal issue, not just an HR estimate. Employers with variable-hours, term-time or irregular workers should use current statutory rules and...
Uber BV v Aslam
Businesses using contractors, platform workers or gig-style models should test the real relationship, not just the label in the contract. Control over pricing,...
WM Morrison Supermarkets plc v Various Claimants
The decision helped employers on vicarious liability, but it is not a reason to relax data security. Businesses still need access controls, audit trails, incident...