Landmark ruling | Supreme Court ruling on holiday pay 'a victory for underpaid workers'

Many UK workers could be entitled to thousands of pounds unfairly taken from their pay following a landmark Supreme Court ruling.

Prior to the decision, made by UK lawmakers last week, workers who consistently received incorrect pay could only make a claim at an employment tribunal for  the most recent underpayment. They could also include similar underpayments on previous occasions, but not if there was a gap of three or more months between them.

The ruling means many workers will now be able to challenge ongoing linked underpayments in their wages.

They will be able to do this even if there is a gap of three months or more since the last time this happened, says the workers’ union Unison.