Council facing more than 300 holiday pay claims

The local authority's Corporate Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee learned of the claims on Thursday.

Flintshire’s report said the claims were brought as a result of the Supreme Court decision in the case of Harpur Trust v Brazel, which ruled that employees who only work for part of the year or (e.g. term-time) are entitled to 5.6 weeks of holiday pay like employees that work all year round.

The report said there are currently “300+” live employment claims progressing through the Employment Tribunal, with the financial impacts of which “still being determined”. 

A preliminary hearing was held in March this year, and the parties have several case management orders to comply with over the coming months (to January 2027), according to the report.

It added: "There is a risk that the final cost may be considerably more than the £0.254m currently held in reserves for this purpose."

Adam Carey