Mr L Barkass Miss Emma Wright v London Borough of Croydon — 2025

The claim concerned whether the claimants were contractually entitled to normal hourly pay as well as the bank holiday enhancement when required to work bank holiday hours above their contracted 36 hours per week. The parties accepted that the claimants worked more than their contracted hours in those circumstances and had received the bank holiday enhancement but not normal hourly pay for the additional hours.

The tribunal found that the claimants were contractually entitled to be paid for additional time worked above 36 hours when their manager required them to work it. It found that, although their contracts and role documents expected bank holiday and unsocial hours working, there was no expectation that employees at their grade should work more than 36 hours without overtime compensation.

The tribunal concluded that bank holiday overtime should be paid at double time, and that the respondent had not processed the additional bank holiday hours as overtime. It awarded Mr Barkass £1,138.99 for bank holiday dates from May 2023 onwards, plus a 10% shift allowance, making £1,252.89. The remainder of the claim was stayed pending the appeal discussed in the judgment.