Public Holidays - Statutory

BIGEYE

It is my understanding that there is only 1 statutory public holiday in the UK, and that is May day. Can anyone confirm if I am correct, and the reason why this date.

sangie595

In that case your understanding is incorrect. And dates vary - there are differences across the UK.

anamenottaken

BIGEYE wrote: »

It is my understanding that there is only 1 statutory public holiday in the UK, and that is May day. Can anyone confirm if I am correct, and the reason why this date.

"Statutory holidays" are those public holidays established by statute.
Schedule 1 of Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971

1971 CHAPTER 80

gives

SCHEDULE 1
Bank Holidays

1The following are to be bank holidays in England and Wales:—
Easter Monday.
The last Monday in May.
The last Monday in August.
26th December, if it be not a Sunday.
27th December in a year in which 25th or 26th December is a Sunday.
2The following are to be bank holidays in Scotland:—
New Year’s Day, if it be not a Sunday or, if it be a Sunday, 3rd January.
2nd January, if it be not a Sunday or, if it be a Sunday, 3rd January.
Good Friday.
The first Monday in May.
The first Monday in August.
Christmas Day, if it be not a Sunday or, if it be a Sunday, 26th December.
3The following are to be bank holidays in Northern Ireland:—
17th March, if it be not a Sunday or, if it be a Sunday, 18th March.
Easter Monday.
The last Monday in May.
The last Monday in August.
26th December, if it be not a Sunday.
27th December in a year in which 25th or 26th December is a Sunday

BIGEYE

Is there a difference between public holidays and bank holidays?

Undervalued

BIGEYE wrote: »

Is there a difference between public holidays and bank holidays?

It may be easier if you explained why you are asking, particularly on an employment forum?

For virtually all employment law purposes public / bank holidays are irrelevant.

Leo2020

BIGEYE wrote: »

Is there a difference between public holidays and bank holidays?

Are you trying to establish whether their are days across the year in which everyone gets the day off?

I used to work in a call centre - I never had any bank holiday off or Easter Sunday. Only day off for everyone was Christmas except for the tech support staff as this was open 24hrs 7 days a week so they had to be someone people working on Christmas day.

Also think about hospitals, police etc they have to work these days too.

Sorry if I have answered the incorrectly but it seemed like this is what you are asking.

Undervalued

Leo2020 wrote: »

I used to work in a call centre - I never had any bank holiday off or Easter Sunday. Only day off for everyone was Christmas except for the tech support staff as this was open 24hrs 7 days a week so they had to be someone people working on Christmas day.

Also think about hospitals, police etc they have to work these days too.

Indeed. There is no right to have bank / public / statutory holidays off work. Your entitlement is to 5.6 weeks (28 days) paid holiday per year to be taken entirely at your employer's discretion.

sockpuppet

I think generally most employers state that your entitlement to 5.6 wks holiday a year includes the 8 public/bank holidays
If you have to work on one or more of them (due to rota, shift patterns etc) you can take a further day off in lieu of the bank holiday day that you had to work, so that you still have the full 5.6 weeks over the holiday year

Sncjw

Obviously ward staff and a and e will have to work these but many outpatient departments have these days off.

Sncjw

Also shop staff have to work these days as well. It's all down to the employer. I get all of these days off on top of my 27 days I get a year.