The nation will celebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee on 5th June 2012 with an extra Bank Holiday. Furthermore Spring Bank holiday will be on 4th June this year making for a four day weekend – plenty of time to celebrate. But, for employers, inevitably it raises a number of questions. In looking at these questions »
Royal Wedding Public Holiday 29th April FAQs
| 12-04-11
Do my employees get an extra day’s paid holiday? It depends! Only your contracts of employment can answer the question. If your employees get 5.6 weeks (28 days) including Public Holidays then, no, the Royal Wedding is a Public holiday and therefore is not an extra day. You might nevertheless want to consider “goodwill” and »
Substitute Holidays
| 30-12-10
This year Christmas Day was a Saturday and Boxing Day was a Sunday. New Year’s Day will be a Saturday. Most employers pay a premium, usually double time, to employees who work on these days. But how should you pay employees who work on the “substitute” Public Holidays, the Mondays and the Tuesday? If other »