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Supreme Court decision in Agnew increases employers’ potential exposure to historic holiday pay claims

The Supreme Court in Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and another (Appellants/Cross-Respondents) v Agnew and others (Respondents/Cross-Appellants) (Northern Ireland)  held inter alia that, in claims for historic underpayments of holiday pay, breaks of 3 or more months in a series of deductions will not necessarily break the chain of deductions if the deductions are linked by the same underlying cause.