[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 😕

Requests now require director sign off, but I have extenuating circumstances due to the demands of a project. Got my request in early - 7 paid days off equating to 21 consecutive non-working days - oh glee! I'm going biking.....

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That will do for starters.

I'd got these days booked off before the new year and before most at work realised it was possible to get 11 days straight for the cost of 3 days annual.

When everyone else started putting them in there was a bit of an uproar because of folks like me 'getting in first'. It was decided that names would be drawn of a hat to decide upon those having to come in to cover minimum staffing levels.

Guess who has now have to come in the 3 days. 🙄

I was going to use 2 flexi days off too, so it would have only 'cost' me 1 day annual leave. 🙁

Oh well.

I booked them off the day after it was announced. I had no plans at the time but it's easier to cancel them than to wait and see. Probably going to be doing some decorating, cycling and walking in Northumbria. Going to try and stay away from travelling as much as possible. There will be strikes, traffic jams, crowds etc. It's ages since I've had some time off with no real plans so I'm looking forward to relaxing. We are also planning a wedding so the TV will be off in case she gets too many ideas.

We moved our LEJOG, to that week before the extra BH was anounced. Defo a result for us.

I don't care, with everyone else off on holiday that week, work will be a doss anyway

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

Unless she croaks first

In which case it's one for the funeral instead ,followed by another for big ear's coronation

3 days holiday = 11 days off work

No - I get 12 days off for 2 days holiday.

Of course strictly speaking I have to take 6 days holiday, and I only get 3.2 days of the 4 days of B/Hs added onto my leave allowance (only an extra 0.8 of a day).

I very much doubt there will be any rationing of holiday over that period at my place, given we don't have to have anybody in, and it makes sense for lots of people to be off together (lots of people would be out that week anyway). I suspect I might just content myself with a couple of 5 day weekends though. Do so many people on here work somewhere there has to be staff in every day, or are employers just being awkward?

Only got the whole of April off here.

Yup I booked 7 days off in November last year giving me 17 days off in row. I only have 36 days plus 9 days bank holidays this year :). to make matters worse I'm leaving in august so I'm using all 8 weeks off between now and then. Pretty much working 3 weeks and then a week off. I'll get stung for the 4 months holiday allocation I'll if used without working it but I've already factored that in.

Lucky people.

The royal wedding falls in my easter holidays, so I don't get the extra day off.........but the governors have agreed to let us take it some other time - so I think we have it mid May now as another long weekend.

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

me too.

Originally had the 3 days booked for a DIY onslaught but then though that it would be really nice and quiet in work so decided to cancel.

Working them 3 days will be bliss and waste of 3 days off IMO

Chances are I'll be on paternity soooo thats an extra day of feeding, changing nappies and sleep deprivation.
Joy.

😉

Is that number 2 Donk?

BTW, yep I've booked it off too - Mrs Yosh is a teacher and felt hard done to that I was going to be off work when she's not....epic rides ahead 🙂

Phil it's AWESOME not awesome. 😀

dammit, you're right. i'd like to apologise to everyone for not using the appropriate block capitols. i was getting a lot of messages from someone on facebook who ended every message with something annoying like "BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMTING" so i subconsciously avoided using it on reflection.

i will work hard to regain my AWESOMNESS by throwing some lolcats about the place 😀

Is that number 2 Donk?

The royal wedding falls in my easter holidays, so I don't get the extra day off.........but the governors have agreed to let us take it some other time - so I think we have it mid May now as another long weekend.