Article: Standing firm on holidays I Have just read the letters in Viewpoint about Bank Holidays and it raises an interesting fact, the Government can award as many as it likes, but as far as I am aware, it is not law for a company to give you the Bank Holidays, nor pay you for them.

I Have just read the letters in Viewpoint about Bank Holidays and it raises an interesting fact, the Government can award as many as it likes, but as far as I am aware, it is not law for a company to give you the Bank Holidays, nor pay you for them.

Below is a copy of the rules taken from Directgov on the internet.

'The legal minimum is four weeks a year; there is no statutory right to get Bank Holidays on top of this.

'Your employer may give you more than the minimum four weeks leave as part of your terms of employment. You can check how much leave you are allowed by referring to your contract or company handbook.

'You have no right to additional holiday, even if it's unpaid, unless your ...

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