No pay for ‘saved’ leave, Court rules
PA Wellington A worker who chooses not to take annual holidays due to him cannot, ; on leaving his claim the , equivalent by Way of holiday ■ I pay. . -; W The Chief; Justice, Sir ‘Ronald Davison, made this ruling in a judgment delivered in the High Court at yesterday. Grahart Higgs, a* company "executive; claimed that under the Annual Holidays Act he was entitled to holirday pay in respect of holidays due to him and which he did not take in the years ' from 1968 to 1978. .
He claimed $5923 in respect of 70 days holiday due to him from his former employer, Vibrapac Masonry (Wellington), Ltd? The executive director of the Employers’ Federation, Mr J. W. Rowe; said he was pleased by the High Court ruling.' ' ?. Mr Rowe said he was not familiar with' Mr Higgs’s 'case, but it seemed the right decision. It was plainly contrary to the spirit of the Holidays Act to get paid for holidays not taken, he said. “This. is why, the act is framed so that it requires people to take the time off,” Mr Rowe said.
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