Normal hours for me,albeit at double time and a day in lieu.
Could be worse
If I’d know earlier in the week that I’d be not working Saturday->Tuesday, I would have booked a last minute flight out and had a 4 day break. But by the time I tried to book it was impossible to get a flight out on Saturday morning as they where fully booked up at the 3 departure airports I use (EMA, MAN, & LBA)
Heard a good one earlier, one of the crappy firms who did not recognise yesterday as a Bank hol,.(a tad disrespectful btw) and who told their drivers that wanted to watch the funeral to take a day’s hol, a day unpaid leave…or break into their next year’s hols 
…When the day arrived
The drivers who wanted to work as normal, but who found there was not a run for them were actually going to comply.
So they lost a hol and/or a day’s pay, .rather than turn up for work and demand to be paid, (being that it was not their problem that the firm did not have a run for them) so they basically willingly lost out.
Apart from that those who did work should have been paid bank hol rate.
Drivers eh? 
One happy bunny. Got back from Spain at weekend to find an email saying no work on Monday fully paid…as I suspected 
robroy:
Heard a good one earlier, one of the crappy firms who did not recognise yesterday as a Bank hol,.(a tad disrespectful btw) and who told their drivers that wanted to watch the funeral to take a day’s hol, a day unpaid leave…or break into their next year’s hols
The drivers who wanted to work as normal, but who found there was not a run for them were actually going to comply.
So they lost a hol and/or a day’s pay, .rather than turn up for work and demand to be paid, (being that it was not their problem that the firm did not have a run for them) so they basically willingly lost out.
Apart from that those who did work should have been paid bank hol rate.
Drivers eh?
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again and I will be saying far into the future…lorry drivers are thick as ****. Unbelievable that they gave up a free pay day.
"Bank holidays
Bank or public holidays do not have to be given as paid leave.
An employer can choose to include bank holidays as part of a worker’s statutory annual leave."
gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights
Employers do (currently) have to give a minimum number of paid holidays per year. If that minimum is met, then extra days, can be unpaid.
If the Gov call an extra b-hol, as on Monday, there is no legal obligation for the employer to pay the worker for it.
The Gov aren`t giving an “extra free paid holiday” to all.
msgyorkie:
robroy:
Heard a good one earlier, one of the crappy firms who did not recognise yesterday as a Bank hol,.(a tad disrespectful btw) and who told their drivers that wanted to watch the funeral to take a day’s hol, a day unpaid leave…or break into their next year’s hols
The drivers who wanted to work as normal, but who found there was not a run for them were actually going to comply.
So they lost a hol and/or a day’s pay, .rather than turn up for work and demand to be paid, (being that it was not their problem that the firm did not have a run for them) so they basically willingly lost out.
Apart from that those who did work should have been paid bank hol rate.
Drivers eh?I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again and I will be saying far into the future…lorry drivers are thick as ****. Unbelievable that they gave up a free pay day.
Yep,.and this is why most of us will always have to put up with ■■■■ poor t.s & c.s, …■■■■ takes like this example, cameras in cabs, micro management, being ran ragged, paying for damage and any other crap you can think of.
Franglais:
"Bank holidays
Bank or public holidays do not have to be given as paid leave.An employer can choose to include bank holidays as part of a worker’s statutory annual leave."
gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rightsEmployers do (currently) have to give a minimum number of paid holidays per year. If that minimum is met, then extra days, can be unpaid.
If the Gov call an extra b-hol, as on Monday, there is no legal obligation for the employer to pay the worker for it.
The Gov aren`t giving an “extra free paid holiday” to all.
No they ain’t, but good firms who value their drivers,.and/or most Union backed firms are and did.
That’s my final word on all this, cos I’m starting to bore myself with it, never mind boring you lot , but I hope I got my point across especially to any co bosses who regularly monitor this forum.