[Vermont Lt]

The employee, or their heir have the right to collect monies earned or accrued.

This is not groundbreaking news.

Perhaps the UK is still climbing out of the Middle Ages.

[kevkrom]

The employee, or their heir have the right to collect monies earned or accrued.

Which is why my last few employers limit employees to carrying forward a maximum of 80 hours of leave. If you're over 80 hours, you must either use some or take pay for the excess hours then and there, but you can't accumulate hundreds of hours for a single big payout.