The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that taking time off work due to illness is not a holiday.
European employees off work for extended sick leave must receive all the holiday time they have accumulated in that period, the 27-state bloc's top court has found.
In a judgement released on Tuesday (20 January), the ECJ settled a long-running battle over whether workers kept or lost their holiday rights while away from the job because they were sick.
"A worker does not ...
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