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Day off is Xmas Day

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Ringer21
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Day off is Xmas Day

Post by Ringer21 »

My day off is Xmas Day do they have to offer me another day off that week or can they make me bank it I don't want paying for it
yellowbelly
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Post by yellowbelly »

Quote from the policy:

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 you are unable to take another day off, 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
Bahia Feliz
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Post by Bahia Feliz »

I've struck lucky,5 days off over Xmas,long weekend then Xmas/Boxing Day :nana
leolion855
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Day off is Xmas Day

Post by leolion855 »

how do you know your day off is christmas day we are only in oct, our lino has just put the rota up for nxt wk..
hothothot
EX ROYAL MAIL
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Post by hothothot »

Because he's a duty holder with rolling days off , I would imagine.
world class male
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Post by world class male »

get in quick if chance of an extra day xmas week, it's usually light so a maybe possible
otherwise get booked asap as overtime to screw doms budget up, they cannot force you into a credit for the next year, though it may suit some
hero22
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Post by hero22 »

world class male wrote:get in quick if chance of an extra day xmas week, it's usually light so a maybe possible
otherwise get booked asap as overtime to screw doms budget up, they cannot force you into a credit for the next year, though it may suit some
our office forces us. there are guys with 11 weeks owed to them carried over from year ago. I asked the union about this and they said the office can do this. seems illegal to me to force us to carry our annual leave over, can they ?
hero22
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Post by hero22 »

11 weeks carried over from years ago I was meant to say
aiden01
MAIL CENTRES/PROCESSING
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Post by aiden01 »

hero22 wrote:
world class male wrote:get in quick if chance of an extra day xmas week, it's usually light so a maybe possible
otherwise get booked asap as overtime to screw doms budget up, they cannot force you into a credit for the next year, though it may suit some
our office forces us. there are guys with 11 weeks owed to them carried over from year ago. I asked the union about this and they said the office can do this. seems illegal to me to force us to carry our annual leave over, can they ?
Simple answer no they cant force you to carry leave over.
Dingo99
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Day off is Xmas Day

Post by Dingo99 »

Unlucky, same was me my day off is Christmas day, never get asked in my small DO if I want another day off in the same week, always get a lieu day which suits me as I want a Saturday off next year in May before my annual leave. Also I have never been offered cash was told by my colleagues that RM don't pay you anymore??? Not sure if this is true. Anyway roll on Christmas eve, always a doddle done by half 11 then home for some beer lol :)
number one
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Post by number one »

Dingo99 wrote:Unlucky, same was me my day off is Christmas day, never get asked in my small DO if I want another day off in the same week, always get a lieu day which suits me as I want a Saturday off next year in May before my annual leave. Also I have never been offered cash was told by my colleagues that RM don't pay you anymore??? Not sure if this is true. Anyway roll on Christmas eve, always a doddle done by half 11 then home for some beer lol :)
Your DOM is lying. They do pay you of you ask for payment instead
arnold cheshire
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Post by arnold cheshire »

Dingo99 wrote:Unlucky, same was me my day off is Christmas day, never get asked in my small DO if I want another day off in the same week, always get a lieu day which suits me as I want a Saturday off next year in May before my annual leave. Also I have never been offered cash was told by my colleagues that RM don't pay you anymore??? Not sure if this is true. Anyway roll on Christmas eve, always a doddle done by half 11 then home for some beer lol :)
Do you work in my DO?