Statutory Holidays - Contract

Runningfast

sangie595 wrote: »

Would this by any chance be a local authority or an organisation previously associated with one? Or some other public sector? Because this used to be a common term in some years ago! You misread the section - or they mistyped it. It reads "extra-statutory" not extra statutory"!

These were two fixed days extra to other leave, usually tagged on to another public holiday. One I recall was "Easter Tuesday" - but it is so long ago I simply cannot recall where the other one fell. I remember getting these decades ago when I started, but I can't even begin to recall when they disappeared! They are a hangover from the "good old days" when there was almost no statutory holiday whatsoever, and some (all?) public sector workers got a couple of days more than everyone else. They hung on for some time in places but disappeared, as far as I knew, about 30-40 years ago maybe? Haven't seen one in decades.

You are correct the company is associated to a Local Authority.

I spoke to HR today it is a hang over from the old LA contracts. Never heard of it before but i'm happy with the extra days. I wonder where else in the country this old custom hangs on?

sangie595

Runningfast wrote: »

You are correct the company is associated to a Local Authority.

I spoke to HR today it is a hang over from the old LA contracts. Never heard of it before but i'm happy with the extra days. I wonder where else in the country this old custom hangs on?

Most areas simply added the days to normal leave so that it could be taken when people wanted. It's just not as noticeable now because statutory leave has been catching up with public sector leave.