'Huge implications' | Pimlico Plumbers defeated in landmark court battle over holiday pay rights

A worker has won a landmark legal case at the Court of Appeal regarding whether he should be paid thousands of pounds in lost holiday pay.

Pimlico Plumbers were defeated at the Supreme Court by Gary Smith, who was engaged as a self-employed plumber between 2005 and 2011, but later deemed to be a worker.

Smith claimed he was entitled to over £74,000 of holiday pay accrued over his six years of service.

An Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal had rejected his claims in early 2021, having declared that he was not technically a worker for Pimlico, but rather a self-employed independent contractor, and therefore not entitled to paid annual leave.