‘Working people deserve a break’: Ministers urged to create four more UK bank holidays
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Ministers are being urged to create more bank holidays to help people cope with the “intense” pressures of the world of work. Workers in England and Wales get eight bank holidays a year, fewer than any other European Union country and lagging far behind the bloc’s average of 12 days. The government should create a new public holiday between now and Christmas.” The TUC is also calling on the government to strengthen public holiday rights so that people who work bank holidays have the right to premium pay or time off in lieu. “We have no current plans to add to the well-established and acknowledged bank holidays already in place, but next year’s early May bank holiday will be on May 8 to ensure as many people as possible can mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day.”
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