Good FridayBank Holiday or not?

[herbie]

In the past whenever ive worked Good Friday i have got double money however since the govenment has given extra holidays to cover bank holidays my boss tells me that Good Friday is not a bank holiday and just a normal day so i wont even get a day in leu is this right? Thanks All

[weeal]

In england Good Friday is a 'public Holiday' but the Monday is a bank holiday !!!

see here
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/custom s/questions/bankholidays.html

[herbie]

Thanks for that still not sure if they can make me work afterall if xmas day is a public holiday and i dont work how can they make me work as a normal day on G F i dont mind doing it as long as a get a day in luei (wrong spellin i know)

[Buenchico]

Unless there's something in your contract which states that you'll receive additional pay, your employer is not obliged to pay you any extra for working on a public holiday (irrespective or whether it's a bank holiday or not). If you normally work on Fridays, your boss has every right to expect you to work as normal, for your usual rate of pay. Similarly, if you normally work on Thursdays, your employer can demand that you work on Christmas Day, for standard pay.

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Employment/Employe es/WorkingHoursAndTimeOff/DG_10029788

Chris

[toby99]

I am not sure, but doesn't the new annual leave entitlement start in April and Good Friday is in March or is this a previous increase in leave?

[Buenchico]

For Toby 99:

The increased statutory minimum holiday entitlement is being introduced in 2 stages. Prior to 1 October 2007, the minimum holiday entitlement (for an employee working 5 days per week) was 20 days per year, including all dates when the business was closed, such as public holidays.

From 1 October 2007, the minimum entitlement for such an employee, rose to 24 days per year.

From 1 April 2009, the entitlement rises again to 28 days per year (for an employee working 5 days per week). The effect of this is to add an allowance, equivalent to the 8 public holidays, to the old entitlement. However, it doesn't give public holidays, per se, any special legal significance.

Chris

[chazza]

Well I work for the government and we don't get good friday as a holiday and never have. We get easter monday and tuesday and that's all