Common use of Bank/Public Holidays Clause in Contracts

Bank/Public Holidays. All operatives whose normal working week is five days shall be entitled to 8 days of Bank/Public or Local Holidays per year subject to the following: a Bank/Public holidays may be arranged in accordance with custom and practice in the locality concerned. In the absence of any such arrangements, the normal Bank/Public holidays will be: • New Year’s Day. • Good Friday. • Easter Monday. • May Bank Holiday. • Spring Bank Holiday. • Summer Bank Holiday. • Christmas Day. • Boxing Day. b Operatives required to work on a Bank/Public Holiday shall be paid double time between midnight and midnight and shall be given an equivalent period of holiday at plain time in lieu. c Payment for the holiday shall be made only if the holiday is taken and if the operative attends for work on the full working day immediately preceding and the full working day following the holiday except where absence is due to: • Authorised leave. • Authorised travelling time (see 7.4). • Sickness or accident certified to the satisfaction of the employer. d A maximum of 2 Bank/Public Holidays falling within a period of 14 days following termination of employment due to redundancy will be paid to those operatives with more than 13 weeks’ continuous service. The period of 14 days will be calculated from the date of termination of employment or the last day of a period of statutory notice for which payment in lieu of or in respect of statutory notice has been made. Bank/Public Holidays, falling within a period for which a payment in lieu of or in respect of statutory notice has been made, will not be paid.