Bank holiday on 3 day cover duties

Charliecat · Post by **Charliecat** » 17 Apr 2018, 11:51

Hi I am happy to say I just got a 3 day cover job even though I am quite new! Happy to know I will have a set tues and wed off. However if a cover day is a bank holiday will I be paid automatically or is it a day off given on another day? Thanks

Smir · Post by **Smir** » 19 Apr 2018, 18:50

if your meant to work it, you wont..

if it falls on a reset day, your have to keep bugging them untill they give it to you..

Charliecat · Post by **Charliecat** » 25 Apr 2018, 08:28

Thankyou for your reply. So I should be paid for 7th May then as its a day I should have covered.

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 25 Apr 2018, 11:28

Smir wrote:if your meant to work it, you wont..

if it falls on a reset day, your have to keep bugging them untill they give it to you..

Although as a Part week worker you would only be entitled to 3/5 of all public holidays (about 5 days)

Charliecat · Post by **Charliecat** » 30 Apr 2018, 07:16

TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
Smir wrote:if your meant to work it, you wont..

if it falls on a reset day, your have to keep bugging them untill they give it to you..
Although as a Part week worker you would only be entitled to 3/5 of all public holidays (about 5 days)

Really? Ok I need to speak to HR then and find out as I am not knowing now if I will only be paid for 2 days for next week? Already given the Bank Holiday Easter Monday as a day off with a day in lieu so they owe me that one anyway.

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 30 Apr 2018, 12:49

Charliecat wrote:
TrueBlueTerrier wrote:
Smir wrote:if your meant to work it, you wont..

if it falls on a reset day, your have to keep bugging them untill they give it to you..
Although as a Part week worker you would only be entitled to 3/5 of all public holidays (about 5 days)
Really? Ok I need to speak to HR then and find out as I am not knowing now if I will only be paid for 2 days for next week? Already given the Bank Holiday Easter Monday as a day off with a day in lieu so they owe me that one anyway.

No, you'll be paid for the Bank Holidays if it was a normal day of work for you. The 3/5 part will only affect you if you are on leave or it falls on a day you would not normally work. In that case, you may or may not be entitled to a day in lieu.

So if by some miracle you were on leave or had a day off on all 8 bank holidays in a year you would get 5 days in lieu.

To clarify. If your contract is for 3 days working out of 5 - you will ALWAYS be paid for 3 days minimum in regard to this issue.

Charliecat · Post by **Charliecat** » 30 Apr 2018, 13:56

Thanks for clearing that up for me x