EAT The claimants were offshore workers the vast majority of whom were employed to work on installations situated on or over the UK Continental Shelf (‘UKCS’). They presented applications to the Employment Tribunal in which they claimed that their employers were in breach of the Working Time Regulations 1998 in relation to their rights to paid annual leave. The employers asserted that the regulations did not apply to the UKCS. After a pre-hearing review, the Employment Tribunal held that they did. The employers appealed (by which time the regulations had been amended so as to expressly cover the UKCS but only as from 1 October 2006, leaving parties in dispute regarding the earlier period). The EAT held that the regulations had applied to the UKCS prior to the 2006 amendment.
Judges:
Smith J
Citations:
[2006] UKEAT 0074 – 05 – 0410, UKEATS/0074/05
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See Also – Craig and Others v Transocean International Resources Ltd EAT 16-Dec-2008
EAT Working Time Regulations.
Annual leave of offshore workers. Whether employers had given regulation 15 notices. Whether annual leave could be taken out of onshore ‘field breaks’.
Appeal allowed and . .
Appeal from – Tl Russell and Others v Transocean International Resources Ltd and Others SCS 19-Oct-2010
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At EAT – Russell and Others v Transocean International Resources Ltd and Others SC 7-Dec-2011
russell_transocean
The appellants worked on various shifts for the defendants in off-shore oil-fields. They were given on-shore rest breaks, which the employers said should count toward their holiday entitlements.
Held: The Court dismissed the employees’ appeal . .
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Employment, Scotland
Updated: 09 July 2022; Ref: scu.247832
