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Andyl, but I get BH's on top of statotory & when I work them I DO get paid for them.

No one is NOT getting paid for them when they work, they just get paid as if it was a normal day.

If they are forced to work them & don't get paid for those days then that's something different which is not what I am seeing from the announcment.

IMO bank holidays should be just that, holidays for banks.

If you have a holiday it should be at a time convinient to yourself & your employer. Just because a bank has a holiday there is no reason to force me to.
If my employer wishes to shut down for a day then they should pay me for that day that I am prepared to work.

Although it might be nice to have more paid days, I still dont see anyone actually losing out money wise from working on a BH.