Health and Safety Law 2020 (August 2020)

Chapter 10

Bank holidays

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There is no statutory right to take leave on bank holidays. Any entitlement to bank holidays is purely contractual. Employers can include bank holidays as part of the statutory minimum paid holiday entitlement (Campbell & Smith Group v Greenwood [2001] IRLR 588).


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