01-04-2005, 23:35
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Re: Workers To Win Bank Holiday Rights
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Originally Posted by me283
Actually I can't read that link.
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Women are main losers from Bank Holiday pay cut
As the majority of the workforce look forward to the Easter break, nearly three million workers - two thirds of them women - are likely to be facing a pay cut as their employer refuses to pay them for the Easter bank holidays.
A TUC analysis of official statistics shows that 2.7 million workers were not paid for the Easter Monday bank holiday last year. Of those who lost out, 1.7 million were women (64 per cent of the losers and 15 per cent of all women workers). One million (36 per cent) were men.
This is because it is legal in the UK for employers to treat bank holidays as a normal working day, and then send workers home without pay.
Many other people will be forced to take the Easter bank holidays as part of their minimum right to four weeks paid holiday. The UK is the only EU member state (excluding the accession nations) that allows employers to treat public holidays against the European minimum of four weeks paid holiday. The UK also gets three fewer bank holidays than the EU average.
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And you can rant all you like
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Why thank you
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I merely asked what the figure related to. Perhaps you could explain? (snip)
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In what sense related?
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