https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/9411/christmas-and-bank what are peoples practices doing for christmas. i am working in a vets that seems to think we should be working mon and tue 27/28th dec. i thought that as 25/26th was on a sat and sun we should get mon/tue off. they say they will not close sat, sun,en-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/88621?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:08:37 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:0a2af66e-2dcb-4d2d-b6fb-81a64075c3ddAnonymous<p>i would not mind if we did our own ooh. i did this for the 1st 5yrs of nurse life but the place i am at does not do it and vetrs now are open as they class it as bank hol.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/88499?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:47:58 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:400ac2d7-afd5-4c27-8213-4f8153e1f81eloobylou<p>It all depends what is written in your contract and what you have signed for. If you&nbsp;have to work a bank hol then you will be entitled to a day of in lieu for doing&nbsp;so.<br />&nbsp;We would usually work a half day on the saturday then work sun/ mon/ tue as we would a normal sunday- have 1 vet and 1 nurse working and open for an hour in the afternoon to see urgent cases. We&#39;ve always found this works well as 4 days is a long time to be shut for a practice which covers it&#39;s own out of hours. <br />With regards to having time off for visiting etc I&#39;ve always got my nurses together a month or so before christmas and asked for requests, I&#39;ve found it usually works out pretty fair as those who prefer christmas off will usually offer to work new year and vice versa. There are enough of us to all do 1 day each over the christmas/ new year period.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/88498?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:12:01 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:a5ca4532-bc4c-45b5-a6d1-cbba15131b9flittlehays<p>[quote user=&quot;spud x&quot;]</p> <p>20 days hol excluding bank hol.</p> <p>i was told at intrerview i would not work any bank holidays!</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>i know about that, getting told one thing at the interview, then your contract says something different but you trust them and sign anyway, and then you get shit on...yep, been there! guess it&#39;s a lesson learned...</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/88496?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:50:39 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:6da78ba2-a281-4c37-8777-6d1db28767a5Anonymous<p>20 days hol excluding bank hol.</p> <p>i was told at intrerview i would not work any bank holidays!</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/88494?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:34:45 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:7fd54cad-e69a-4f9e-a1d1-c6f176a20b40Sal the 1st<p>well if your contract says they can change the rights to bank holiday then I cant see that there is much you can do about it and if a month is reasonable notice they are doing that right too. Does it affect your yearly holiday allowance at all ie were you given a set amount of holidays in addition to bank holidays or were your total holidays including bank holidays?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>