Queen's Platinum Jubilee holiday: Resources for employers

We round up our resources to help employers to manage employment issues that may arise as a result of the extended bank holiday weekend to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, including guidance on whether employees are entitled to take the extra bank holiday off work.

Guidance for employers

• Queen's Platinum Jubilee holiday: Issues for employers
• How to manage bank holidays
• Bank holidays: Six things employers need to know

FAQs

• What is an employee's holiday entitlement if an extra bank holiday is granted one year?
• If an employee's contractual holiday entitlement is a number of days "plus eight bank holidays" are they entitled to an extra bank holiday that is granted one year?
• Can employees be required to work on bank holidays?
• Can an employer refuse holiday requests during a particular period?
• Is an employee who is required to work on bank holidays entitled to extra pay?
• Are employees who are required to work on bank holidays entitled to pay in lieu of time off, or additional holiday?
• Can employees be required to take annual leave on bank holidays?

Model letters

• Holiday request form
• Letter declining holiday request
• Letter requiring employee to take holiday on specified dates

Benchmarking

• How are bank/public holidays dealt with at your organisation?
• How are bank/public holidays dealt with at your organisation (if not given as paid leave)?
• What pay and time off in lieu (TOIL) arrangements apply to bank holiday working at your organisation?