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.

Oh ffs people. It's a public holiday.

You're not required to watch the funeral. You're not even required to give a damn about it. Stay in bed all day if you want. Potter in the garden. Go to the beach. Binge watch TV. It doesn't matter.

Most years people are complaining that there aren't any more public holiday after august. Well bam, there you go and you're still not happy!

Were you moaning this much about the jubilee one, or did you just take the day to yourself.

Seriously people. Get a grip.

What happened at the Jubilee for you? That may give you an indication

It's absolutely legal for employers to count bank holidays in your annual leave and anyone saying otherwise should understand they are privileged if that's not the case for them. In a "normal" year you basically get 5.6weeks or 28 days (4weeks + 8 bank holidays) but we've had two "extra" bank holidays this year, but you are still only required to be given the 5.6weeks so it is one, and now two, fewer days for you to choose when to have off.

And?

Thought you were concerned about having to use up annual leave

Aren't employers annoyed about it then?

Are you worried about your holiday or your employers budget? Is it you with the business?

So just a normal working day?

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

This

You're not required to watch the funeral. You're not even required to give a damn about it. Stay in bed all day if you want. Potter in the garden. Go to the beach. Binge watch TV. It doesn't matter.

Yes but I want to use it at Christmas when my parent is over from Australia

@Shreik why are you working forcing you to take it off if they are worried about budgets?

Then say you don't want it. Work that day.

Did the jubilee bank holiday come out of your annual leave?

The budgets is an aside, I'm thinking about my brother who has a business where he employs 30 people, he says he will just do what my company is doing and take it from leave entitlement

Can I say I'll just work that day??

All of these are possible;

• if your annual leave is "X + bank holidays" without specifying a number, then you will probably get an extra day's leave. Whether you work on the day or not will depend on your employer and whether they are open as usual or not
• If your annual leave is "X + Y bank holidays" and X+Y is already greater than 5.6 weeks then they probably don't have to give you it. They might, or they might not. This could be an extra day and the funeral day off if they close, or an extra day annual leave to be taken whenever with you still working on the funeral day
• If your annual leave is specified as "X days including bank holidays" or just "X days", or is statutory minimum, then your employer is not obligated to give you an extra day annual leave. They might (in which case see above) or they might not. If they don't and they stay open, then nothing changes. If they don't and they close, then you have used up one of your annual leave days.

And I've probably missed some options

Because he can't afford to pay them all for not working.

Well considering we don’t know what you do how can we answer that question?

If you have a job where you can wfh then assume you can say you would rather work. If you work in a shop that’s closed then probably not

I work from home about once a fortnight so perhaps I could but they'll probably think it's odd

@Shreik why doesn't you brother offer people the option to work & not take it out of holiday entitlement?

Where I work full timers will get the extra day
part timers will either get 1/2 a day in lieu if they don’t work Mondays or will owe employer 1/2 a day back if they do

There are definitely companies which will be closed on the 19th with no option for staff to work, and will take the day from their employees annual leave. Not sure what happens to those who don't have any left (as taken or booked) as I imagine is quite common by September.

Does it matter if they think it's odd? You want to work that day.

I'm confused-are you pissed of about your holiday entitlement or worried for your bosses financial position? You seem to switch mid-thread

** pissed OFF not of 🙄

The budgets is an aside, I'm thinking about my brother who has a business where he employs 30 people, he says he will just do what my company is doing and take it from leave entitlement

Does it matter if they think it's odd? You want to work that day.

I suppose because I have to speak to other people and they won't be working

Sorry I'm not doing great with the bold/quoting

This.

It all depends on whether you have holiday entitlement plus bank Holidays or including. If it's including then you need to take a day of your entitlement to cover it. If you've already used up entitlement then you take it unpaid.