Does anyone know if the annual working holidays include bank holidays or are they seperate?

Answer 1

You usually get annual leave plus bank holidays - so a bank holiday shouldn't use up your annual leave, i.e. you could take four days annual leave with a bank holiday Monday to get the full week off.

Answer 2

Bank holidays are not included in the annual holiday allowance

Answer 3

It really depends on what YOUR contract of employment states. In my case as a shift worker if my shift falls on a bank holiday I get the choice of either double wages per hour or an extra days leave on top of my annual leave.Likewise for working Christmas Day and Boxing day. But the ridiculous point is if I work on Britain's holiest day of the year (viz. Easter Sunday) I get nothing extra because it is not a bank holiday. But at end of the day Bank Holidays are not part of your annual leave in most contracts but something extra, and day workers usually do not come into work on them, only us 24-7 shift workers have to work.

Answer 4

As others have said, bank holidays are usually separate, but on occasion an employer will have a policy of taking allowing employees (with loads of notice time in advance) take annual working holidays aligned with bank holidays to give employees extra days in one chunk.

That Cheeky Lad

Answer 5

At present the law states that u r entitled to 4 wks holiday per annum ( pro rata), however this can include the 8 days Bank holidays. There are Union noises to try and change this but I'm sure on the latest.
I alway negotiate with job offers that my 20 days does not include bank hols, thus gettin 28 days per yr. It's perfectly legal if you've got the b#####s to negotiate your worth.!

Answer 6

Bank holidays are federal holidays which are usually the holidays employers recognize. Then you might add regional holidays like Casmir Pulaski Day, or St Urho's Day which may or may not be celebrated with a day off.

Answer 7

It depends on your employer. Some count bank holidays in what they call the 'annual holiday entitlement', others don't. You should check your employment contract, or terms & conditions, carefully. Above all, don't depend on what other employees say - they are often wrong.

Answer 8

Bank holidays are separate.
If in full time employment, you are entitled to 20 days holidays plus bank holidays.
If, because of the nature of your job, you have to work a bank holiday, you are entitled to a day off in lieu, or overtime pay.
For example, nurses don't get bank holidays off, but they get extra hoildays to make up for them.

Answer 9

Usually they're additional to annual leave - so if you have four weeks' annual leave, it should be four weeks PLUS bank holidays unless your employer states otherwise.

Answer 10

usual to have four weeks plus the bank holidays