Give us a break

Bank holidays are not just for your bank manager, we are all entitled. However, our employers are not obligated to pay us for the time off, although the majority do.

If a bank holiday is on a weekend, a ‘substitute’ weekday becomes a bank holiday, normally the following Monday.

And there are regional variations. For example, the English and Welsh are expected to recover from new year celebrations and be back in post on the 2^nd January. Whereas the Scots are more civilised and have an extra day, returning the 3^rd of January.

Out of interest we have listed below the various regional dates for 2019/20 below.

Best take these dates into account if you are making cross-border trips this coming year.