For most of us a bank holiday is a luxury we love. With usually only eight every year they are to be treasured.
Most are on set days - such as the May and August bank holidays always being on a Monday while Good Friday and Easter Monday speak for themselves. But what happens if those which fall on a date rather than a day come on a Sunday.
That is exactly what is happening this year. This year December 25 - Christmas Day - is on a Sunday. And with January 1, or New Year's Day , coming seven days later it means that too is on a Sunday.
But does that necessarily mean you lose those days off? According to gov.uk the days are not lost but moved.
So this year there is a substitute Christmas Day bank holiday of Tuesday December 27. That allows for the Monday already being a Bank Holiday as Boxing Day.
New Year's Day is also given a substitute bank holiday. It will be on Monday January 2
Unfortunately not everyone does get bank holidays off. However for those lucky enough to usually have them it means they won't be lost.
Gov.uk explains: "If a bank holiday is on a weekend, a ‘substitute’ weekday becomes a bank holiday, normally the following Monday. Your employer doesn’t have to give you paid leave on bank or public holidays."
At also warns the days off might mean benefit payment dates change. It says: "Bank holidays might affect how and when your benefits are paid."
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