Overview
- An employment judge in Watford ordered Sabtina to pay £392,000 for 827 days of accrued holiday plus about £105,000 for unfair dismissal.
- The tribunal accepted a 1998 agreement that unused leave would roll over and be paid in lieu, supported by £15,000 payments to Moss Ageli in 2001 and 2004.
- Ageli built up the backlog over roughly 25 years after repeated refusals of holiday in a chronically understaffed firm.
- A new board installed in May 2022 later dismissed him in March 2024 for alleged gross misconduct without giving reasons, a hearing or an appeal.
- The case signals that long‑running holiday rollovers without solid paperwork can leave employers with large liabilities at termination.