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Since 01 October 2007, under the Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (which amended the Working Time Regulations 1998 ("WTR")), all workers (including temporary and those with irregular hours) in the UK have been entitled to 4.8 weeks (24 days) of paid leave every year including bank holidays.

The tort of interference with contractual rights consists of inducing a person to break his or her contract with another party. In an employment relationship, this happens regularly in the context of industrial action when a union calls its members out on strike, but it can also be triggered where a new employer seeks to employ an individual who is bound by, for example, confidentiality or restrictive covenants and the new position involves a breach of those obligations.