I've just been told our workplace (nursery) will be open on the Queen's Jubilee and we will be expected to work

[purepurple]

I know that legally the owner doesn't have to give us the day off as this extra day is not a statutory bank holiday but has because the nursery was closed last year for the royal wedding has a precedent been set?
We were all expecting to get an extra bank holiday this year, like we did last year but the owner has decided the nursery will be open.
Where do I stand if my contract is a bit wishy washy about holiday entitlement? It states in my staff handbook (and the parents' handbook) the nursery is closed bank holidays.
I am really not happy about going in to work when there will hardly be any children in and we will have to spend the day cleaning but it seems that we can't really do anything about it. Not when I could be sat inmy garden drinking pimms.
That's it really, rant over

It is not a bank holiday so a lot of people will have to work and need childcare.

If you are so bothered about sipping Pimms and celebrating the Jubilee then book it as a day off

Direct.gov says it is a bank holiday

Hi Pure

I'm on a day off - I just went through to my employees & told them I was considering a bank holiday & that they better not come into work

Sorry pet

It's so confusing, katymac.
I am not bothered about celebrating the jubilee, i just want the day off work but obviously not everybody can book the same day off, ratios need to be kept to (if there are any children in)
I just have visions of 2 children turning up or worse still, people bringing in their children and then going home and sipping pimms in their own back garden. I have no problem if the demand is going to there for people needing childcare for work, but just feel that we are getting a raw deal, especially when we are being expected to give up one of our saturdays to do a funday earlier in the year.

I don't know anyone who's got it off (apart from the schools). DH and I don't get it, and neither does my DS or BIL, so there may me more children in than you think.

Your staff handbook says closed on bank holidays (which this is) but what does your contract/handbook say about your entitlement to paid annual leave/other time off work?

I can't find it but I'm sure my contract says 25 days plus bank holidays

You need to find it really. If it says 'plus bank holidays' ie not specifying how many bank holidays or which bank holidays, then I'd say you are contractually entitled to that day off. If it says 'plus 8 bank holidays' or lists exactly what days the bank holidays are, then you are not entitled to it.

We're not getting it as it's a crucial reporting day. Management are still deciding whether to give it as a day in lieu. I'm not holding my breath.

hmm watching this thread with interest.

Last year my work decided not to give the royal wedding day as it was a "public holiday" but are still undecided about the jubilee although direct.gov indicates its a "bank holday".

Does the wording make any/much difference?

My workplace has just announced they are giving it as holiday (not a nursery though). I think it will vary quite a lot. My DC's nursery has, for occasions like this, asked parents whether they would like the option to bring the kids in or not, at a premium rate. It works both ways, after all: my contract as a parent says the nursery is closed for bank holidays, so they're not obliged to open - maybe you could suggest to the owner that s/he does the same, to make sure they're not opening for no good reason?

I was under the impression it was an official extra bank holiday, like the wedding last year. So I would think if your contract says 'bank holidays' without being specific, you can raise that with the boss.

I think there is no legal requirement to give the bank holidays on the government website as long as the employees holidays are above the legal limit. I know people who are not given any automatic bank holidays but have the bank holiday entitlement added to their holidays to take as they wish, and in Scotland different council areas have different bank holidays.

As long as you have holidays that in total meet the legal requirement then I don't think you have an entitlement to a particular day off. I have also heard of workplaces who are giving the jubilee but have taken the day off their holiday entitlement, so the same number of holidays in total.

There's no question of there being a specific legal requirement, just whether in any individual case there is a contractual requirement.

If the contract says an employee gets all bank holidays without specifying how many that is, then there is at least a very strong argument that that should include additional bank holidays when they are announced.

You have a contractual right to the day off if your contract is "+ bank holidays" but not if the actual days are set out. As we are all working an extra day on 29 February I think it is pretty stingy not to get the extra BH off this year.