Important! Do You Owe Staff an Extra Day Off This Year?
This is an important notice for employers operating a holiday year between 1 April to 31 March. The holiday year from April 2024 to March 2025 includes one less Bank Holiday, as Easter 2025 falls late. For some employers, this shortfall may need to be addressed to avoid the risk of unlawful deduction from wages—though […]
Fewer Bank Holidays in 2024-2025: Manage The Risk of a Shortfall in Holiday Entitlement
Employers operating a holiday year from 1 April to 31 March face a unique challenge this year, as there will be only seven bank and public holidays, compared with the usual eight. This shift follows a year that included ten bank holidays, including a special day for the Coronation of King Charles. For those aligning […]
Managing bank holidays in 2023 and 2024
2023 is another year in which the UK will see an additional Bank Holiday, this time, in celebration of His Majesty King Charles III Coronation on 8 May. However, because of how the Bank Holidays fall in 2023, businesses managing holidays between 1 April and 31 March will not see a return to the usual […]
Additional May Bank Holiday Announced for UK
The Government has announced that there is to be an additional bank holiday on Monday 8 May 2023 in honour of His Majesty King Charles III Coronation, which is taking place on Saturday 6 May. The Prime Minister has confirmed that it will take place across the UK with the aim of providing families and […]
Managing Annual Leave: Additional Bank Holidays
At the start of a new year, we usually see employees starting to plan and book annual leave for the year ahead. In 2022 though, there are several things coming up that an employer will need to consider and plan for which relate to their employees taking time off from the workplace. In 2022, we […]
VE Day and Tips on Bank Holiday Entitlement
In 2020 only, the 75th anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) will become a bank holiday instead of the usual early May bank holiday. This will enable as many people as possible to take time to celebrate the end of World War Two and to honour and remember the many heroes and sacrifices […]
