LRD guides and handbook July 2016

Health and safety law 2016

Chapter 9

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 are free to include bank holidays as part of the statutory minimum paid holiday entitlement (Campbell & Smith Group v Greenwood [2001] IRLR 588).


Guidance on calculating holiday entitlement is available at: www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights.