Employers will need to plan for the additional bank holiday on Friday 3 June, which is now only a week away.

Remember:

• Workers do not have an automatic legal right to paid time off on a bank holiday
• Entitlement to the additional days holiday will depend on the wording of the contract.

 

Check the contract:

Contract wording	Entitlement to extra bank holiday
Entitled to all bank holidays	Yes
Entitled to the usual bank holidays	No
Entitled to 8 bank holidays	You will need to decide which 8 of the 9 bank holidays to pay
Specifies bank holidays to be taken	Only if 3 June 2022 stated
28 days inclusive of all bank holidays	Yes, but it will be deducted from employee’s annual leave entitlement
Silent on bank holidays	No

 

Discretion

As a gesture of goodwill, you may have decided to give the additional day as paid leave regardless of the contract wording, to allow all your workers to join in the celebrations.

Further questions

NFU Employment Service members can speak to an employment adviser via our Helpline on 0370 840 0234.