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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rupert Jones

Holiday pay ruling ‘entitles many UK workers to thousands in unfairly deducted wages’

£20 and £10 notes next to a payslip
Unison says the previous interpretation of the law means workers have been missing out on money they were rightfully owed. Photograph: Nick Ansell/PA

Many UK workers could be entitled to thousands of pounds “unfairly” deducted from their pay after a supreme court decision, according to unions.

The judgment relates to a long-running row about holiday pay but Unison, which participated in the case, said the ruling affected all other types of payment to employees and called it a “victory for underpaid workers”.

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