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thebigone
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bank holidays sick days

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if your off sick on bank holidays do u get those days back?
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thebigone wrote:if your off sick on bank holidays do u get those days back?
no
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thebigone wrote:if your off sick on bank holidays do u get those days back?
Did you have a sick certificate?
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QUICK QUESTION

what are the holiday entitlements exactly

the statutory minimum is 28 days which can include bank holidays,
so do we get 28 days plus bank holidays or just 28 days

i am not talking odf extra days due to length of service either, just how RM pans out the holiday entitlement
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You get your holiday entitlements depending on length of service,then you get the bank holidays,just like most firms.
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POSTMAN wrote:You get your holiday entitlements depending on length of service,then you get the bank holidays,just like most firms.
A newbie gets 22 1/2 days.
That's 5 1/2 days less than the legal minimum.
Those days are "made up" by Bank Holiday entitlement.
So....if you're entitled to your annual leave back if you're sick shouldn't you be entitled to your BH credits if they are part of your statutory annual leave entitlement.
That's the argument. :neutral:
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fishtank wrote:
POSTMAN wrote:You get your holiday entitlements depending on length of service,then you get the bank holidays,just like most firms.
A newbie gets 22 1/2 days.
That's 5 1/2 days less than the legal minimum.
Those days are "made up" by Bank Holiday entitlement.
So....if you're entitled to your annual leave back if you're sick shouldn't you be entitled to your BH credits if they are part of your statutory annual leave entitlement.
That's the argument. :neutral:
Oh I see,didn't realise there was a legal minimum,cheers.

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Post by keithposty »

lets nail this down then

take a staff member with say 10 years service

that person is on the sick with say a broken arm, leg, what ever and is covered by a sick note

will that person get their bank holiday entitlement back if they are still off sick on a bank holiday
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does it mean no then? some say yes some say no.
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i say yes, you get the bank holiday back if covered by a sick note

i will now waite for more replies