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The term "public holidays" can refer exclusively to common law holidays. [1] There is no automatic right to paid time off on these days, or any right to a holiday at all, [2] but banks close and the majority of the working population is granted time off work or extra pay for working on these days, depending on their contracts. [3]
A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, and a colloquial term for a public holiday in Ireland. In the United Kingdom, the term refers to all public holidays, be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation , or held by convention under common law .
The Holidays with Pay Act 1938 (1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 70) was legislation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provided for paid holidays for working class employees, [1] and was the result of a twenty-year campaign. [2] The Act was repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004. [a] [3]
The Bank Holidays Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 17) established public holidays (known as bank holidays) in addition to those customarily recognised in the United Kingdom.. The Act designated four bank holidays in England, Wales and Ireland (Easter Monday; Whit Monday; First Monday in August; 26 December if a weekday) and five in Scotland (New Year's Day, or the next day if a Sunday; Good Friday ...
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The August Bank Holiday or Summer Bank Holiday [1] is a public holiday in the United Kingdom, part of the statutory bank holiday provision. Originally, the holiday was held on the first Monday of August across the country, but was changed in the late 1960s to the last Monday in August for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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A public holiday, national holiday, federal holiday, statutory holiday, bank holiday or legal holiday is a holiday generally established by law and is usually a non-working day during the year. Types [ edit ]