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One in twenty do not receive holiday pay, report finds

ONE IN 20 workers in Britain do not receive any paid holidays, a study by the Resolution Foundation has found.

Research released by the think tank has exposed the serious scale of illegal working practices in Britain.

It found that workers over the age of 65 are most likely not to receive the legal entitlement of 28 days a year for paid holidays.

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