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Holiday rights extended

A ruling from the European Court of Justice has extended paid holiday rights to short term workers.

The UK's implementation of the Working Time Directive, which grants leave after 13 weeks, was said by the ECJ to breach a "particularly important principle" of EU law.

Published: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 01:00:00 GMT+01

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