A nifty trick if you fancy an extended holiday at the end of April next year!!

Tim said:
No they don't?
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Sorry to burst your bubble but most companies will figure this is in to your total entitlement.

28 days by law plus say 7 or 8 for "public" holidays. If the company you work for is open for business on Easter Monday and you take it as a holiday it will be taken from your total entitlement.

No "public" holidays are guaranteed by law - only by what your contract is.
 
Swordfish said:
Sorry to burst your bubble but most companies will figure this is in to your total entitlement.

28 days by law plus say 7 or 8 for "public" holidays. If the company you work for is open for business on Easter Monday and you take it as a holiday it will be taken from your total entitlement.

No "public" holidays are guaranteed by law - only by what your contract is.
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The 28 days by law includes the 8 days public holiday. It used to be 20 days but without mention of the public holidays.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employees/Timeoffandholidays/DG_10029788
* you are entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks paid annual leave (28 days for someone working five days a week)
* bank and public holidays can be included in your minimum entitlement
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i.e., the actual minimum before public holidays is 20 days.
 
Sp00n said:
Lul suxtobeyou.
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i don't get why people think this is a bad thing? i am in the same situation.

Some companies give you your normal entitlement, lets say 28 days and then your bank holidays on top. However you have to take these days on the bank holiday days.

I however get all these days as my normal entitlement. So I get 35 days entitlement (28 days plus 7 bank holidays) Now if i want to take these holidays on bank holiday days then cool I can book it off, if not I can use thse days any other time i want, I am not tied to using them on the set BH days.

Thats what's was meant by taking them off your normal entitlement and I see it as a better deal, I can choose when to take these days off rather than having to use them on the set days.

I usually dont choose to book Bank Holiday days off as when I work them we usually finish early anyway as everyone else is usually off :)
 
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Booked/subscribed .

Thanks for the heads up OP, the Mrs and I have booked it off and will no doubt spend that time decorating and doing stuff around the house.
 
i get 25 days plus all bank holidays. If i work any bank holiday i get double bubble plus a day off. In 2 years it will go up to 30 days. Best bank holidays to work are christmas day when it lands on sunday, big bucks. got to love the civil service.
 
Malakite said:
I however get all these days as my normal entitlement. So I get 35 days entitlement (28 days plus 7 bank holidays) Now if i want to take these holidays on bank holiday days then cool I can book it off, if not I can use thse days any other time i want, I am not tied to using them on the set BH days.
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This is how it works for me too, only the bank holidays are hotly contested. They're always 12.5hr shifts, with the rota balanced so you don't end up working the extra 5 hrs for free. and they pay +74% so everyone wants in on it. I'm happier to take my days off when most other people are working.
 
To think this needed a thread any nobody ever thought of doing this before, it's not even a trick it's common sense?
I always look out for stuff like this in [placeofwork] calendars. Easter has been pretty good a few years in a row to get extended hols.
 
I get 30 days + BH so haven't ever checked for this kind of thing. I quite like working short weeks. Might still book this one off, depending on whether I'm escalation manager.
 
ChrisJSY said:
To think this needed a thread any nobody ever thought of doing this before, it's not even a trick it's common sense?
I always look out for stuff like this in [placeofwork] calendars. Easter has been pretty good a few years in a row to get extended hols.
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Considering Easter and May Bank Holidays were a month apart this year and 3 weeks apart last year...not really!:confused:
 
Minxy said:
Considering Easter and May Bank Holidays were a month apart this year and 3 weeks apart last year...not really!:confused:
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Only if you think an "extended" holiday can't be had from the easter period excluding may. Which you can and is what I meant, sorry.
 
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