VE Day bank holiday May 2020

nightcrawler · Post by **nightcrawler** » 23 Feb 2020, 08:28

So this year they’ve moved the early May bank holiday from Monday 4th to Friday 8th, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day. I just watched a feature on BBC Breakfast about all the stuff going on over that weekend, inc lots of various events, street parties, and letting pubs open later to name but a few. Basically they want to try and recreate that day from 75 years ago. Of course, us poor sods have to work the Saturday

Can’t Royal Mail make it a “Non-service day”? Not only do we lose out by working the Saturday, but we also lose out by not having 2 days off in a row, which we would of had if it was the usual Sunday/Monday bank holiday.

Post by **greengiant** » 23 Feb 2020, 08:46

Perhaps we will get a Brexit Day holiday next year!

Post by **SpacePhoenix** » 23 Feb 2020, 09:25

nightcrawler wrote:So this year they’ve moved the early May bank holiday from Monday 4th to Friday 8th, to celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day. I just watched a feature on BBC Breakfast about all the stuff going on over that weekend, inc lots of various events, street parties, and letting pubs open later to name but a few. Basically they want to try and recreate that day from 75 years ago. Of course, us poor sods have to work the Saturday Can’t Royal Mail make it a “Non-service day”? Not only do we lose out by working the Saturday, but we also lose out by not having 2 days off in a row, which we would of had if it was the usual Sunday/Monday bank holiday.

It's not RM's decision to make, only OFCOM can deem the Saturday to be a non-service day

mags999 · Post by **mags999** » 23 Feb 2020, 10:58

roll on mon-fri deliveries

30+YEARMAN · Post by **30+YEARMAN** » 23 Feb 2020, 11:19

A day off is a day off as far as i'm concerned.

Bahia Feliz · Post by **Bahia Feliz** » 23 Feb 2020, 12:04

My long weekend that week

doorstepped · Post by **doorstepped** » 23 Feb 2020, 13:02

my long weekend as well

Bahia Feliz · Post by **Bahia Feliz** » 23 Feb 2020, 13:16

doorstepped wrote:my long weekend as well

"Can you work your day off this week"?

leolion855 · Post by **leolion855** » 23 Feb 2020, 15:22

'part timers, your day off this week is errrrr friday'

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 23 Feb 2020, 15:30

leolion855 wrote:'part timers, your day off this week is errrrr friday'

sick on Saturday

Ali831 · Post by **Ali831** » 23 Feb 2020, 18:29

Wish I knew what my day off was going to be more then a week in advance to even know if the moved bank holiday gives me a long weekend.

k979aaa · Post by **k979aaa** » 23 Feb 2020, 18:41

Ali831 wrote:Wish I knew what my day off was going to be more then a week in advance to even know if the moved bank holiday gives me a long weekend.

Just take the whole week off on sick you never know we might all be on strike by then.

Celgar · Post by **Celgar** » 23 Feb 2020, 22:49

The government hate the May Day Bank Holiday mainly because it is associated with 'the workers' and if they could get rid of it they would. Any excuse they can find to disrupt it such the anniversary of VE day and they will do it. I quite like Boris but he is making a bit of a pigs ear of things at the moment.