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Queens birthday

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Does anyone get half a day off each year for the queens birthday?
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Everyone gets a half day off each year...
We used to get one 'priviledge day' for the Queen's birthday, and a half day for Maundy Thursday,
we also got one Xmas 'priviledge day', which could be taken on Christmas Eve or the day after Boxing Day
in my office.
The 2 and a half Priviledge days were usually added to your Winter Leave.

These days were incorporated into your basic Annual Leave in the Way Forward agreement 2000.

The odd half day is rolled over so that you get a full day every other year, though you can take it as a half
day's leave if you put in for it.
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Re: Queens birthday

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POSTMAN wrote:Everyone gets a half day off each year...
We used to get one 'priviledge day' for the Queen's birthday, and a half day for Maundy Thursday,
we also got one Xmas 'priviledge day', which could be taken on Christmas Eve or the day after Boxing Day
in my office.
The 2 and a half Priviledge days were usually added to your Winter Leave.

These days were incorporated into your basic Annual Leave in the Way Forward agreement 2000.

The odd half day is rolled over so that you get a full day every other year, though you can take it as a half
day's leave if you put in for it.
No we do not get an half day anymore.

As the extract above said they were incorporated into annual leave back in 2000.
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vanman wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:Everyone gets a half day off each year...
We used to get one 'priviledge day' for the Queen's birthday, and a half day for Maundy Thursday,
we also got one Xmas 'priviledge day', which could be taken on Christmas Eve or the day after Boxing Day
in my office.
The 2 and a half Priviledge days were usually added to your Winter Leave.

These days were incorporated into your basic Annual Leave in the Way Forward agreement 2000.

The odd half day is rolled over so that you get a full day every other year, though you can take it as a half
day's leave if you put in for it.
No we do not get an half day anymore.

As the extract above said they were incorporated into annual leave back in 2000.
I get the half day in my AL,4 day week basic entitlement 19.5,have just checked my leave card.
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Re: Queens birthday

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Thanks Postman. I cant seem to find where it explains how it is incorporated. Does it state it anywhere officially?
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I would 'guess' that this would be it,although it does not say exact.
The agreement also incorporates former “privilege days” (Post Office Holidays) into standard entitlements,
Way forward: 4. ANNUAL LEAVE

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