Which day off is more beneficial for Bank Holidays / Annual Leave

[HiThisIsMe]

So I have been given the opportunity to change my day off at work if I want to. I currently work 4 days a week and have Wednesdays off but have been given the option to swap it to Mondays.
What I am unclear on is if I will be better off having Mondays off or not in terms of annual leave. For the next financial year I will be give 60 hours for bank holidays (this doesn't cover all the bank hols so I will need to use some of my annual leave hours if I stick with Wednesdays as my day off) and 198 hours normal annual leave hours. I work 30 hours a week.
Obviously if I work Mondays then I have to book the day off therefore using up some of my annual leave. If I don't work mondays then I don't need to book it off but will obviously have to start booking wednesdays off if I swap my days around. I have to cover the kids school holidays so the more leave I have the better, but I just can't work out which is the better option. Can anyone help me work it out?? TIA

Wednesday is by far the best day to maximise flexibility.

You get the same leave on total but more can be taken at a time that suits you.

Friday would be my preferred day off if you have this option as it minimises leave if you wanted a weekend away, less chance of getting a Friday off in our organisation and most bank holidays fall on a Monday so you have less flexible leave.

Personally, I would stick with a Wednesday as it breaks your week up and you will have more flexible days leave to take.

Monday is the better day, you get the same pro rated bank holiday you do now without having to use many of them on bank holidays and instead you can add them to your annual leave.

In fact looking at this year’s public holidays, by having Monday you only need to use BH hours on Good Friday and Boxing Day. Giving you the balance to add to your annual leave.

I have Mondays off, I benefit with BHs as I still get my proportion of BHs off overall (public sector).

Monday is best - you can use your bank Holiday leave allowance at a time that suits you! And you dont need to use any regular holiday allowance to cover the portion of BH time that your BH allowance doesn't cover.

@HiThisIsMe sorry completely the wrong way round in my previous response. Monday is the best day to maximise flexibility.

I think from your OP that you aren’t allowed to work bank holidays in which case having Monday as your day off gives you more flexible annual leave as you’re not forced to use leave to book off bank holidays.

when I was part time I worked Mondays and could choose to work or not work bank holiday Mondays. I often worked them as my husband was off so the DC had someone to look after them, work was lovely and quiet so I’d get a lot done and it would save annual leave. But I appreciate not everywhere is this flexible.

Monday. By far the best day

It depends how flexible your job is and whether you can swap days or not and how your annual leave policy works. As I work part time at the end of the week myself and another staff member who works part time at the beginning of the week both get the same amount of additional leave added to our annual leave entitlement. My colleague has to book annual leave for every bank holiday that falls on a Monday throughout the year whereas as few if any fall on at the end of the week except Good Friday and sometimes Christmas. So by working a Monday she gets less flexible annual leave and management will not let her work a different day.

Without a doubt book a Monday off. For the last few years I had no choice but to have Monday as my working day in my part time days and I got 3/5 of the bank holiday allowance but always had to use annual leave to make up the shortfall. In the uk this year there is 9 bankholidags that fall on. Mondays so basically the majority of my annual leave was used on these as I didn’t have 9 days bank hol allowance. Reall bummer, even if my work said it’s ok u can work the bank holiday couldn’t have as my kids daycare would be closed! So I have swapped my mon to Friday working and now I have 3/5 bh holidays added to my Al allowance pot to take any of the days I work. Brilliant for me as now on an annual leave day if I’m off I have the option to send my kids to daycare for the day!!! Hope that’s clear but absolutely don’t choice to work a Monday if you can avoid it!

Have the Monday as your day off. All the BHs that you qualify for on a Monday will sit waiting to be used by you on an alternative day.

If you work Monday, you have to use some of your annual leave to cover the BHs you don't qualify for.

Agree. Take the Monday as AL. I have worked out that there are nearly 20 Mondays this year thar are either bank holidays, school in service days, school holidays etc.

I work Tuesday, Wed and Thursday. 24 hours, FTE is 36.

so my bank holidays are 2/3 of 8 days converted into hours.

its only Christmas / NY where bank holidays may fall on my work days which means most of my BH allowance is mine to take when I like.

I have loads of leave 😂

I don’t understand. If all employees at your place of work automatically get BH off (not using AL), then wouldn’t you get a day off in-leau if Monday is your usual non-working day? Because, otherwise, you wouldn’t benefit from the extra day off (BH) as the Full timers had?

I have Mondays off, as my AL is pro-rata so I can choose to use those days of my own choosing. Also, still have to pay childcare for BHs so this way I don't need childcare on Mondays so there is a saving here also.

I've decided to change my day off to a Monday - thanks for all your advice!