Hello,
My husband has a very irregular shift pattern and usually gets his rota in the last week of the month for the next month. He has annualised hours and can be asked to work any day (a real pain in the neck, but that?s not what this post is about!). The saving grace in his contract is that he gets 2 weekends off a month and gets the 8 public holidays as well as 21 days leave. He sometimes gets rotered in to work bank holidays in the year (for which he takes a day in lieu),but has never worked Christmas.
We?re a bit confused this year, with Christmas being on a Saturday and the bank holidays being on the Monday and Tuesday. Is he still entitled to Christmas day off? Or can they force him to work it. Also (and I hope it won?t come to this), what would happen if he refused ? I understand if it was a normal working day they could take disciplinary procedure against him, but would it warrant a warning, or would it be more or less serious that this? We?re just trying to figure out the best way to approach this, as I don?t want him to spend Christmas by himself (I?m committed to being at my parents?, for various reasons and it?s where he would be too if he doesn?t have to work). Also, he works the night shift (10pm-8am), so which shift is actually classed as the public holiday, the one beginning on the holiday, or the one ending?
Thanks,
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Christmas not being a bank holiday and work
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Bster · 21/10/2010 13:12
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