Pay easter sunday?

[Mon]

Just a question i work for a large retailer, is it a legal obligation for the employer to pay their staff on easter sunday even if they are closed and the employees cannot work as a result?

 

[garyh]

No.

 

[Carzy]

Yes.

 

[garyh]

Key Facts:



Under the Sunday Trading Act 1994 the limits on shop opening hours are:

• Small shops (under 280 sq m/3,000 sq ft) - no restrictions on opening

• Large shops (over 280 sq m/3,000 sq ft)

Monday to Saturday - no restrictions
Sunday - Opening for 6 continual hours only, between 10am and 6pm
Easter Sunday - closed

What rights do employees have on bank holidays?


Any right to time off or extra pay on bank holidays depends on the terms of an employee's contract of employment. Even when entitlements of this nature are not explicitly written down, they may sometimes be incorporated by custom and practice (for example, where they have become part of the customary terms of employment in a particular industry).

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It is illegal for his store to be open on Easter Sunday, as a result they have no obligation to pay him

 

[Spleenus]

They aren't obliged to pay you, however I work for a large retail company who are kind enough to pay me every bank holiday including Xmas day and Easter Sunday

 

[Barbie]

I get an additional bank holiday holiday allowance so i can book them off paid if i need to. If i dont book it, then i have to work it.

And yes, i'm working on easter sunday