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On 27 Dec 2005 02:32:08 -0800, "TimB" <stokefolk@gmail.com> wrote:

>Just wondering if anyone can clear up a disagreement between a few of
>us at work here.
>
>My place of work operates 24/7/365. We get shift allowance for this,
>and no extra payment for bank holidays or xmas. That's fine and covered
>by the contract. The question is this: We get 20 days holiday per year.
>The company is of the opinion that we are able to opt out of our bank
>holidays, as written in our contracts, and they only have to give us
>the 20 days legal minimum. One of the guys here is saying that this is
>unenforcable, and the legal minimum is actually 20 days plus however
>many bank holidays per year.
>
>Who is right? Also, if bank holiday's weren't mentioned in the
>contract, would that change the situation? No one has managed to dig
>out a copy to check yet, but no one recalls such a clause although the
>company insists there is one.

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/n6w/index/life/employment/bank_and_public_holidays.htm