[Closed] 3 days holiday = 11 days off work

Good Shout! 😀

I guess an awful lot of people will be off that week but hey, it's not like you HAVE to go to the honeypots of the Lakes or the Peak - go somewhere quiet.

I'm thinking Northumberland or maybe Sutherland.

Won't be booking flights, though. If I ran a union, I'd [i]definitely[/i] plan a strike over that week...

Rachel

5 days leave and 17 days off!! 😯

was thinking about doing some cycling

Great for employees - a right mother of a screw up for us small businesses - our productivity is going to be way down in April and May (Easter, Royal Wedding, May Day, Spring Bank) - already got everyone wanting to book holidays around then.

Not so good round our way, the kids are at school tues to thurs that week so as holiday time is quite limited i need to take mine during school holiday times 🙁

What holiday for the royal wedding? Your employer is under no obligation to give yo this day as a holiday. Infact I am certain mine won't be.

I am certain mine will be. Just thought I'd share that one with you... 😀

Rachel

Time it right and move to Germany in May (after 2nd though, cos it'll be a bank holiday Sunday this yr). And then make good use of the 3 long weekends which this year fall in June. 2x 4-day weekends and a 3-day weekend 🙂

I cant wait I've got 20 days off in April now...>GET IN

i've got 7 days leave, 17 days off work. Off to Indonesia to get some waves 🙂

TJ, this applies to many people though:

"Where an employment contract provides for “x days holiday plus bank holidays” then an employee will be entitled to the royal wedding bank holiday next year in addition to the usual eight bank holidays."

TandemJeremy - Member

What holiday for the royal wedding? Your employer is under no obligation to give yo this day as a holiday. Infact I am certain mine won't be.

My employer may or may not be under any obligation but they have already confirmed we have it off.

I'm in

As my own employer I can get f***ed if I think I'm having any time off - sue me. 😕

My shift pattern gives me 14 days off for 4 shifts booked off anyway 🙄

Booked weeks ago 🙂

You're probably too late! Those dates were would have been snapped up at any '1st come, 1st served' place of employment as soon as the "Public Holiday by Royal Declaration" was announced 😕 😉

Unlucky TJ...

Most employers this side of the border are putting it down as a bank holiday..

And yes, I intend to do the whole 3 day off thing.. 🙂

Yep, I got in early and booked them. As it is I'm actually working at event in Scotland over Easter so it gives me the excuse to just stay up there until May 3rd, as far away from Royal Wedding stuff as possible.

And yes, my employer is giving everyone that B/H off. 🙂

Doing LEJOG with the time....

Oh ****. I've only just realised that my son's nursery will be closed on all those days, no extra riding for me. I [i]hate[/i] bank holidays. I hope it absolutely wees it down for the whole fortnight. Bah.

booked mine ages ago, off to Turkey 🙂

a right mother of a screw up for us small businesses

I don't buy this, yes you might have 1 bad month, but it's 3 days people can't take at another time of the year, so you should have 11 slightly better months.

Nope. I'm going into work as everyone else will be off, so it'll be nice and quiet 8)

Booked weeks ago, also mischievously informed everyone else in the office that 3 days holiday = 11 days straight and the HR dept put out a message to try and quell the demand and optimism.

Torminalis: 1; HR Dept: 0;

a right mother of a screw up for us small businesses

Mean while many other small business will cash in on the extra bank holiday and selling chintz.

"What holiday for the royal wedding? Your employer is under no obligation to give yo this day as a holiday."

you sure Teej - even ive got it ! - i only get christmas, boxing day and new year+2nd as statuatory holidays ... and we dont get something if we aint entitled to it ....

TandemJeremy - Member
What holiday for the royal wedding? Your employer is under no obligation to give yo this day as a holiday. Infact I am certain mine won't be.

no extra day off for me.... but i'm awesome so it doesnt matter

My manager has decided that we will go on shutdown for the week. He said it isnt worth opening as people wont be focussed on a 3day week, lots of people were requesting it etc so just decided it was better to shut down.

Again he said he wasnt obliged to give the holiday but people are only going to begrudge you if you dont which doesnt help morale anyway

So those of you getting the day off - are you getting an extra day or is it jusat being moved from another day?

Mean while many other small business will cash in on the extra bank holiday and selling chintz.

And next year it is the Queen's diamond jubilee so another extra day...

Extra day off here, my contract is for x day plus BH's.

Even if your contract stated x day's including BH you are entitled to the day off, but it will come out of your holiday entitlement.

So those of you getting the day off - are you getting an extra day or is it jusat being moved from another day?

Completely unscientific poll held at the weekend with riding buddies working from public/government/private/self employed you name it. Everyone taking it. This exact question also came up. Everyone getting it as a one off extra day - not deducted elsewhere.

Booked 7 days off for 17 days away within five minutes of the wedding being announced on the BBC 🙂

Well I booked those 3 days a couple of weeks ago. I spotted it coming!

To be honest though, it's BLOODY STUPID having all the BHs in the Spring so close together. Why the HELL couldn't they have moved one to the flippin' Summer?????????????

Fools.

PP, it'll only be raining in the Summer anyway

I'll bet mine doesn't give it as holiday.

So those of you getting the day off - are you getting an extra day or is it jusat being moved from another day?

Any extra day off for me...

So that's 28 Days + 9 Bank Holidays then next year..

🙂

Result.

the HR dept put out a message to try and quell the demand and optimism.

Is every HR dept in existence just stuffed full of complete tools?

duntmatter - Member

[i]the HR dept put out a message to try and quell the demand and optimism.[/i]

Is every HR dept in existence just stuffed full of complete tools?

TBH the day the RW was announced 99% of the workforce worked out the time off/days booked permutation, it took HR & our Directors till New Year to work out & issue a threatening directive to managers not to allow any more off than usual over that period!
Funny that we have been managing the holidays in this way for years without issue & they never notice 🙄

I get the extra bank holiday so booked the other days in between and we are off to france for 10 days. Heading down south, not likely to be a lot of cool x country riding but there are beaches and the other half is especially excited because the lady on the brochure for the area we are heading to had her boobies out.

Booked them off on my first day back,this year.

Might not be allowed, got to cover 'n all that 🙁

Supposedly the managers have been discussing it quite a bit 😕