Managing bank holidays

As a general rule, you don’t have to give your employee public holidays as paid leave, meaning their entitlement is entirely at your discretion.

However, despite this rule, the question “Am I entitled to bank holidays as paid leave?” pops up quite often.

So, to settle the matter once and for all, we will take a look at the UK bank holiday entitlement for each contract type.

Bank holiday entitlement for part-time workers

With such a large proportion of the population working part-time jobs, it is no wonder individuals are asking if they have bank holiday entitlement.