Do employers have to record and track when holiday has been accrued and/or taken?

Working time records

Under the Working Time Regulations 1998 (WTR 1998), SI 1998/1833, reg 9 an employer is required to keep records that are adequate to show whether certain working time limits and requirements are being complied with. The records must be kept for each worker employed by the employer in relation to whom the limits apply. The relevant limits and requirements are:

1. •

   maximum weekly working time (ie average of 48 hours for each seven days)

2. •

   maximum working time for young workers ()

3. •

   maximum length of night work

4. •

   maximum night work involving special hazards or heavy physical or mental strain works (ie eight hours in any 24-hour period during which the night worker performs night work)

5. •

   the requirement that no young worker works in the restricted period—although this is subject to limited exceptions

6. •

   the requirement not to assign an adult worker to night work until the worker has the opportunity of a free health assessment and