http://www.dti.gov.uk/employment/bank-public-h olidays/faq/page18878.html
Please copy and paste this link into your address box. Christmas day is regarded as a bank holiday by legislation, and depending on her contract she would be able to see from this where she's positioned. She should stipulate that as a bank holiday she does have some rights that prevent her from working on that day, and there are xmas rights that protect employees. It also depends on the size of the company. As a gesture of goodwill and common sense her employer shouldn't open. I mean, who wants to rent a car on christmas day? are her empoyers mad or ust plain stupid and greedy? I can understand people may want to get around, but maybe the boss can sit on his arse in the office and deal with it-not your poor sis. She should tell em to stuff it and find somewhere else, while her boss sits on his/ her desk counting the gold coins scrooge style. Shame on the boss. Disgusting.