I want to choose when I have a holiday!

[Shreik]

I don't want the Queens funeral to take one of my days of holiday entitlement. What if I can't attend something I want to go to because I have no annual leave left because I had to take this off. So annoying.

Those companies won't offer it. Bank holidays aren't mandatory.

Either your employer will add a bank holiday to your allowance, and then you'll have it off. Or they won't and they'll say either work or take a day of leave. Just like every other BH. No one is being forced to do anything.

It's true for me

Do Banks have to do it?

The government have said it’s up to employers so they can absolutely close and take it out of existing holiday entitlement.

It's common for all bank hols to be taken out of leave in small companies. My last company did this the previous time we had an extra one for something. It's very annoying and people can't usually opt to work instead.

NOOOOOO but people have carefully worked out their holiday for Christmas and school holidays

My bank hols are also take out of my annual leave. two days a week one being Monday. I’m only left with two weeks holiday to choose myself. Now I’ll have even less !

Well they still do in that you get the leave you just use it at another time of your choosing.

And you will now be granted those hours for this one .. as a one off event

Your employer will add an extra day's leave to your holiday entitlement.
Our bank holidays come out of our annual leave but the amount of leave given affords for that.

Aren't employers annoyed about it then?

Well I’ll be working it sadly as I work in the airport and people will still be flying on holiday. We won’t cancel flights the same as every other bank holiday, the Uk isn’t going to stop for this day.

Well yes some probably are but the Queen has died so, ya know...

It was always going to happen eventually.

Employees absolutely can make people take it out of their holiday entitlement. Accrording to employment law, bank holidays can form part of the legal minimum. So plenty of people are not getting an extra day off.

Well yes, although dh has used all his leave now so not sure where that leaves him, I expect lots of people will by Sept only have Xmas leave left.

Do you normally pay nursery fees for bank holidays? I never did

We don't at our current nursery but did at our old one.

Yeah that's the sort of situation I was thinking

Well then you'll get an extra one added to your leave entitlement, but will have to take it on that day. Or work as per your usual BH work arrangements.

Not for everyone, it depends on your employer

For both childcare and employment...it depends on your contract

My current employer - "25 days annual leave plus all English bank holidays" = extra day for jubilee, and expecting extra for this. We'll be closed too.

Previous employer - "32 days annual leave". No extra for bank hols, this was inclusive and we were expected to factor in xmas day, boxing day, easter etc in to our plans. Those were the only actual closures, other BH were work if you want. They wouldn't have had to give extra days, but might have done as they were a huge company.

For someone on statutory annual leave allowance it's 5.6 weeks inclusive. And your employer can generally dictate when you take leave unless there's something in the contract.

It's not extra for me

So just a normal working day?

Or you are forced to stay at home, company closed, but coming out of your existing allowance?

it's a bank holiday...

So then you'll just not get the extra day

Why is this so hard for you to understand?