Sundays & Bank Holidays

[10ClarionSt]

People should not be made to work on Sundays or Bank Holidays. Since the Tories changed the law on this, people have just been exploited by greedy and selfish companies.

[LeMarchand]

The problem is that it's not necessarily two days off in a row, and that arranging time off to coincide with friends/family is very difficult.

Mind you, it might solve the Friday/Saturday night ****head problem!

[twopennorth]

Well, I'm glad that nurses and doctors work over weekends and bank holidays.

Not all jobs are 9 to 5 on a week day.

As for supermarkets - if they want to open and they have willing staff to cover those periods, then I am not one who will complain.

I wonder what your line of work is - if you head out to the high-flying private sector you might get a shock as to the hours and times of work you are expected to turn in.

[maggie01]

I used to work in a convenience store part time some years ago and if a Bank Holiday fell on your day, you were expected to work. you were paid double time. They were open 7 to 2 on Christmas Day. You did have a choice then. Boxing Day, if that fell on your day then you had to work. I hated it, when all my family were at home and I had to work 9-6. Eventually I found another job.

[darkstar]

I worked in a dairy for 23yrs. We worked everyday 365 days of the year. I was never asked did I want to work Sundays (time and a half) Sat (time and quarter) bank holidays(double time and day off)it was part of the working week. This is happening with supermarkets & Superstores. when these stores first opened staff were told, it would be voluntary now what a joke