UK’s part-year workers entitled to full paid annual leave, court rules

Teachers who are only employed in term time are entitled to the same paid leave as full-time workers. Photograph: Parkerphotography/Alamy

Thousands of teachers on term-time-only contracts, and workers with similar arrangements, could be entitled to back pay after a ruling by the UK’s highest court.

The supreme court judgment on Wednesday means such employees should receive the same amount of paid annual leave as their colleagues working all year around.