Bank holiday day off

richiebroon · Post by **richiebroon** » 21 Mar 2016, 18:19

Can you ask to be paid the day as overtime rather than get it back as a days annual leave if your day off is set on a bank holiday? And is there anything in writing that I can download that states this?

Cheers

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 21 Mar 2016, 18:32

http://www.royalmailchat.co.uk/communit ... 42&t=61842" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; National Agreed Interim Joint Statement covering the Deployment of People System Portal (PSP)

Where an individual’s rest day coincides with a Bank Holiday they will have the option of being credited with a day in lieu equivalent to the hours they would normally work on that day or alternatively they can claim BH excess equivalent to the hours they would normally work on that day

https://www.myroyalmail.com/sites/defau ... y%20A4.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Employment policies at-a-glance
Time off: annual holiday

Bank and public holidays
In Royal Mail:
• If you’re not scheduled to work on a Bank holiday, you’ll receive the equivalent number of hours as a
credit to the hours you would have worked.
• If your rest day falls on a Bank holiday, your manager will check if workload allows for you to have
another day off that week.
• If that’s not possible, you can either:
» add the day to your annual holiday entitlement; or
» take the excess hours paid as overtime. This will be paid at the Monday to Saturday overtime rate

2pints · Post by **2pints** » 21 Mar 2016, 18:53

And what if your rest day is literall moved to a bank holiday? ie my days off are always wed thu or friday but the bank holiday monday has been allocated as my day off.I never have mondays as my day off so this has not "coincided" with my day off.

yellowbelly · Post by **yellowbelly** » 21 Mar 2016, 19:47

If that’s not possible, you can either:
» add the day to your annual holiday entitlement; or
» take the excess hours paid as overtime. This will be paid at the Monday to Saturday overtime rate

Dumb question but just to clarify - if I'm on 25hrs a week over 5 out of 6 days (ie 5 hours per day worked)
does that mean 5 hours paid as O/T or the number of hours that the duty I would have worked is scheduled to take ie if the
duty is scheduled 0800 - 1530 then 7hrs 30min O/T?

What is the actual process for getting it paid as O/T?

TIA

YB

Chewster · Post by **Chewster** » 21 Mar 2016, 21:56

In our office we either get the bank holiday back as a day in lieu, or claim a day off on the docket. In regards to that, I'm on a 20 hour contract and have always been told to claim a worked day off as a full day regardless of how little hours I might do. Obviously if I do more than 7.48 then I claim for that instead

borgpicard · Post by **borgpicard** » 25 Mar 2016, 08:00

Our dim always tries to not pay us, but just gives us a day in lieu, personally I always take the money.

DocketLefty · Post by **DocketLefty** » 26 Mar 2016, 06:15

It all kicked off in our office. Dom tried to pull a fast one and say that Friday is a public holiday, and not a bank holiday. The national agreement states that good Friday is bookable if it's your only day off, same as Monday. Make sure you book this as overtime!! Don't get stitched up.