The royal wedding

Re: The royal wedding

Gillian Mostyn — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:30:25 GMT

I know that no one is entitled to the ACTUAL day of the BH off, but you are entitled to A day off instead if you have to work it (assuming you are getting 28 days holiday a year.) What I was saying was that as the royal wedding isn't officially recognised as yet, then you aren't entitled to a day off in lieu.

Re: The royal wedding

Kim Buckley — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:39:51 GMT

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I always found bank holidays boring because it is normally super quiet. I worked one last year and had no inpatients and no phone calls all night. Just sat there twiddling my thumbs!

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Hahaha, you might find it a bit different at referral practice!

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My first practice was normally busy on bank holidays except for the one time when it was dead. The next practice I was in was open normal hours and it was stupid. We had hardly any appointments and felt like such a waste of a day. Hate being at work when it's quiet.

Re: The royal wedding

Steph Worsley — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:35:22 GMT

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I always found bank holidays boring because it is normally super quiet. I worked one last year and had no inpatients and no phone calls all night. Just sat there twiddling my thumbs!

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Hahaha, you might find it a bit different at referral practice!

Re: The royal wedding

Kim Buckley — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:26:26 GMT

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The wedding day has been declared a public holiday but, as yet, there has been no mention about it being a legal day off. I suspect this won't change and it will be left to individual employers. Therefore, although a lot of people will probably gain an extra day off, the employer is entitled to take it from holiday allowance if they want....

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Was just having a read and you don't actually have an automatic day off on bank holidays anyway. It is down to what it says in your contract.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/LivingintheUK/DG_073741

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was just going to say that - you beat me to it! When I worked for one of the big corporates it was in our contract that we would work Good Friday - we were given another day on our holidays because of it - but big deal! I never really understood the logic because our out of hours provider covered the whole of Good Friday anyway so the company were paying for out of hours cover and paying staff to work. We didnt exactly see droves of clients either because most of them were out enjoying themselves!

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I think the veterinary industry is a bit different because we need to provide services 24/7 but my bf works for a company that provides IT support for other companies so it makes no sense for them to work on a bank holiday as all their clients will not be open.

I always found bank holidays boring because it is normally super quiet. I worked one last year and had no inpatients and no phone calls all night. Just sat there twiddling my thumbs!

Re: The royal wedding

Sal the 1st — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:15:13 GMT

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Was just having a read and you don't actually have an automatic day off on bank holidays anyway. It is down to what it says in your contract.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/LivingintheUK/DG_073741

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Re: The royal wedding

Kim Buckley — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:04:12 GMT

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Was just having a read and you don't actually have an automatic day off on bank holidays anyway. It is down to what it says in your contract.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/LivingintheUK/DG_073741

Re: The royal wedding

Gillian Mostyn — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:40:39 GMT

Re: The royal wedding

Steph Worsley — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:44:37 GMT

hmmmm this doesnt sound that fair to me, however i think he can do this as a person working 5 days a week is entitled to 28 days minimum a year, this however can include the bank hols