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To think my work is being out of order re: the royal wedding?

196 replies

KittenSLittle · 02/02/2011 15:12

My local NHS trust, where I work, has just decreed that the day of the royal wedding is to be treated as a normal working day! Now, I'm no royalist but as far as I was aware it's meant to be a national holiday. Instead they're running everything as normal and those who usually work Fridays will be made to do so and won't be paid a penny more (they will get a day off in lieu apparently, although when they'll be able to take it I don't know).

AIBU to think this is really mean and just not in the spirit of things?

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MardyBra · 02/02/2011 15:34

What about self employed people like me - I'm going to have to lose a day's income because of the Royal Wedding - and Friday is usually my most profitable day.

flowery · 02/02/2011 15:34

So you don't want to watch the wedding.
You don't mind working bank holidays and weekends.
You will get a day off in lieu at another time.

Genuinely confused what the problem is?

5DollarShake · 02/02/2011 15:39

You're getting a day off in lieu, and you want to work it anyway. Confused

Oh, and Confused

meantosay · 02/02/2011 15:41

OP feels that, because it's a bank holiday, they should get the pay rates that normally apply on such occasions, not just a usual day's pay.

Scuttlebutter · 02/02/2011 15:42

So the NHS is being "really mean" in giving you a day off in lieu but not giving you loads of double time for working on this day?

Yes YABU. And making nurses look like money grabbing whingers. And if you don't mind working it, and are not interested in the wedding, how nice that you will be able to do these shifts, therefore allowing your mad/Monarchist colleagues to take the day off and watch the carcrash/event unfold.

curlymama · 02/02/2011 15:42

If you want to work, you are luckier than lots of us in that your normal pay won't be affected, and you get an extra days holiday when you want it.

My dh only gets paid when he is at work, as do lots of people. Be grateful that you are getting off far more lightly than them.

PenelopeTitsDropped · 02/02/2011 15:42

I'm not entirely sure MDS.
But as an Employer, why the fuck should I pay for a day for them to get married, with no production ?

And little or no notice; we plan a year in advance. Friday is our busiest day; highest number of staff due to work that day etc. etc. etc.

It was a sweeping gesture to declare a Bank Holiday, with little thought for businesses that ahave already had the screw tightened with the 20% vat increase, the shit IR, the Employer regulations etc.

If they want to get married, they should do it on their own dime, and their own time.

I'm not so fucking happy for them that I want to pay time and a half/double time.

I think they're a bunch of leaches. We pay them money to support their already indulged lifestyle.

Original poster
KittenSLittle · 02/02/2011 15:44

Thank you meantosay, would have thought it was fairly clear from my OP what the problem was but obviously not. Have to say I am genuinely shocked by the severity of the reactions here.

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Mutt · 02/02/2011 15:46

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pinkbraces · 02/02/2011 15:47

YABVU why should anyone be paid double time or get a day off in lieu?

I dont own a business but I am a Sales Manager in a SME and I wonder who is paying for our lost productivity? Why couldnt they have got married on one of the standard bank holidays.

And for what its worth my daughters school isnt closing either!

Ok rant over.

gow · 02/02/2011 15:47

I work bank holidays for no extra pay and no time off in lieu

mutznutz · 02/02/2011 15:50

Kitten It's the same for everyone. We all get a day off for it. The difference is that some will have to take it another time.

I don't quite see why you would expect extra pay and a day off.

Perhaps you could ask to forego your day in lieu and see if they'll pay you time and a half instead...this will also save them money.

ProfessorLaytonIsMyLoveSlave · 02/02/2011 15:50

A day off in lieu sounds fine to me. You're still getting the extra day's holiday for 2011 and you get to take that day at a time when you actually want to take a day's leave.

meantosay · 02/02/2011 15:50

I agree with Penelope. My husband is running a struggling business and will now have to give his employee the day off and shut up shop.
I am a ballet teacher and the dance school I give classes in on Friday afternoons will be closed on 29th April so will have no income for that day.

We will be seriously out of pocket that week and are then expected to go out and wave flags for the rich couple responsible.

donnie · 02/02/2011 15:52

what stillbobbysgirl said.

FWIW I shall be wearing my sex pistols God save the Queen tshirt that day and cycling around spouting anti royalist slogans. My daughter is constructing a papier mache guillotine and trying to persuade her class mates of the values of the French Revolution.

ChippingInSmellyCheeseFreak · 02/02/2011 15:53

It has been declared a 'National Holiday', however, under most contracts it does not have to be paid holiday and it does not have to be given.

You should be grateful the NHS are giving you a day off in lieu - lots of places will not be paying nor giving a day off in lieu.

donnie · 02/02/2011 15:53

viva la robespierre!

BackToBasics · 02/02/2011 15:54

You say your not a royalist so why do you care so much?

I thought they made it a bank holiday so workers could not work and watch the wedding? Most people don't care about the wedding and just want a day off to do whatever which is not the point of the bank holiday!

They should never have made it a bank holiday in first place, then if you wanted to watch the wedding you could have booked it off as a holiday day.

All these people moaning how it's not "in the spirit of things" when they don't actually give a toss about the royals or the wedding but just want a day off is pathetic.

slartybartfast · 02/02/2011 15:55

i work in the nhs and we are closed. we are given 3 hours towards our holiday, well i am because i am part time
however i remember with fergie's wedding, i watched it at work! no day off then Confused

ChippingInSmellyCheeseFreak · 02/02/2011 15:56

meantosay you don't have to close/stop classes or pay staff.

slartybartfast · 02/02/2011 15:56
ChippingInSmellyCheeseFreak · 02/02/2011 15:57

sorry I'm having a bit of a problem with my keyboard!

You need to look at your contracts etc.

Most businesses will not have to pay their staff due to how their contracts are written.

You don't have to cancel your classes etc.

mutznutz · 02/02/2011 15:59

I wouldn't worry abouit slarty...I can remember the Silver Jubilee street parties Blush

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MrsSparkle · 02/02/2011 16:06

Why couldn't they have just got married on a Saturday? Would have saved so much hassle for businesses.

I think if you are off though you should be made to sit down and watch the weddingGrin. After all, if you have the day off but decide to do something to your leisure, that isn't "in the spririt" of things is it and totally devoids the point of having the day off!

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