The Government is set to announce the formation of a task force to review the Holidays Act after it emerged employers had not been complying with the act on holiday pay for years, leaving thousands of workers out of pocket.
Workplace Relations Minister Iain Lees-Galloway will make an announcement tomorrow in relation to the Holidays Act. It is understood he will announce the formation of a task force to look at how the act can be simplified.
Further details of the focus of the task force will be announced tomorrow but a source said the "magnitude of the problem" had forced the Government to act.
The issues centre on the fact that there are two ways to calculate holiday pay - either on the basis of ordinary weekly pay or an employee's average weekly earnings over the past 12 months.
Employers must pay whatever gives the employee the most money.