Citizens Advice have revealed that half of people on zero hours contracts, and two in five people on temporary contracts wrongly believe they are not entitled to paid holidays. The charity has gathered the information following an analysis of 10,000 ‘personal’ interactions specifically about paid holiday and 260,000 visitors to the Citizens Advice webpage on paid holiday. Citizens Advice found that while some employers are misleading employees about holiday entitlement due to bosses’ ignorance, others are deliberately flouting the law and are exploiting workers’ confusion. The charity is calling on the next government to ensure workers are aware of, and are able to take, the paid holiday that they are entitled to and want to see a £50 cap on Employment Tribunal fees, so that people who are treated unfairly by their employer aren’t priced out of justice.

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