working public holidays and days in lieu

[Linnet]

Is there a law that states if you have to work on a public holiday i.e Christmas day, New Years day you have to get either double time or a day off in lieu or is it just up to the discretion of the company?

anybody? please?

think its just discretion - if you are due to work that day anyway

Hmmm if I remember correctly its up to the company. Its like if you only work part time and you don't work on a monday you could be entitled to a small percentage of the bank holidays to make up for it but again its not employment law rather down to company discretion (or that's how it worked for a girl at my work)

What's in your contract?

I'm on fixed hours now, but for my colleagues who work shifts, these holidays are just days in the rota.

It's dh's job and believe it or not he doesn't have a contract, I'm pretty sure many of the people who work there don't have one either as they've all been there for years and years. He's been in the job for 13 years, it's a restaurant and they have never ever in all the years he's been there opened on NY's day.

They've been told that on Ny's day they will be open for business as usual. I mentioned to dh that seeing as it's a public holiday he'd probably get double time but dh seemed to think that he'd get a day in lieu. But when we checked the staff handbook for hourly paid employees it doesn't mention getting double time OR a day in lieu for working public holidays. the managers get a day in lieu but the staff don't.

It just doesn't seem very fair seeing as it's a public holiday we thought that there would be some sort of thank you in a way of an extra days holiday added to annual leave or something.

Just thought I'd check to see if it was a legal requirement to give a day in lieu. The company I work for gives days in lieu for working public holidays and I thought all companies were the same, just wasn't sure if it was a legal ruling or companies discretion.

thanks ladies

anyone else have any comments?

I think that employers are legaly required to provide a contract within one month of taking on an employee. I bet he does have a contract. (although it may or may not be in his interest to press the issue)

I don't think there are any laws requiring him to recieve anything more than his usual pay for his work. If I were asked to work on New Years day I would expect straight time.