Howlett v Royal Mail Group Ltd: EAT 28 Jan 2014

EAT Health and Safety – The Claimant was employed as a Royal Mail engineer but in 2012 became a ‘full-time’ health and safety rep. The issue was whether he was entitled under Schedule 2 to the Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977 to be paid in lieu of Sunday overtime which was normally available to engineers. On a proper construction of the Regulations he was only entitled to be paid for time he was given off, which on the Employment Tribunal’s findings was the normal working week days. It remained open to him to work on a Sunday as an engineer and receive the overtime payment for that work.

Shanks HHJ
[2014] UKEAT 0368 – 13 – 2801
Bailii
Safety Representatives and Safety Committees Regulations 1977
England and Wales

Employment, Health and Safety

Updated: 01 November 2021; Ref: scu.527193