Bank Holiday
A Bank Holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom and also in the Republic of Ireland. Although there is no legal right to time off on these days, the majority of the population not employed in essential services (e.g. utilities, fire, ambulance, police, health-workers) receive them as holidays; those employed in essential services usually receive extra pay for working on these days. Bank holidays are so called because they are days upon which banks are (or were) shut and therefore (traditionally) no other businesses could operate. Legislation allows certain payments to be deferred to the next working day.
External links
- Bank Holidays in the UK (except Scotland)
- Bank Holidays in Scotland
- Lloyds TSB signals end of the bank holiday, Telegraph, 29 August 2005.
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| ► | Introduction |
| ► | History of Bank Holidays |
| ► | Current Bank Holidays |
| ► | Scotland |
| ► | See also |
| ► | External links |
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