09-04-2012, 05:35 PM
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Bank Holidays to costly for our country!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17654781Should we ban Bank Holidays or cancel them until the ecconomy is back to normal?
Lets face it they are not what they were intended and now we have as many as nine this year, not what the 1871 act designated.
I never liked them when I was working, to many people free to roam about to cause disruption, to costly for companies when people work them and now it is no more than an excuse for a day off work, not that the British workers need an excuse. If they fancy a day off work they just call in sick and most get paid for it.
What are your views( as if I did not know what sheep do
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09-04-2012, 07:01 PM
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Re: Bank Holidays to costly for our country!
Originally Posted by Antibrown
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17654781Should we ban Bank Holidays or cancel them until the ecconomy is back to normal?
Lets face it they are not what they were intended and now we have as many as nine this year, not what the 1871 act designated.
I never liked them when I was working, to many people free to roam about to cause disruption, to costly for companies when people work them and now it is no more than an excuse for a day off work, not that the British workers need an excuse. If they fancy a day off work they just call in sick and most get paid for it.
What are your views( as if I did not know what sheep do
)?
09-04-2012, 08:01 PM
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Re: Bank Holidays to costly for our country!
Originally Posted by plantman
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As an ex employer, you really don't want to know what I think about Bank Holidays, although you could probably guess...
09-04-2012, 08:34 PM
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Re: Bank Holidays to costly for our country!
People need the odd long weekend break when they work hard, God knows they have enough stress worrying about the rent and whether the job will be there in a years time the way things are going, I for one would not begrudge the Bank holidays to anyone.09-04-2012, 09:00 PM
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Re: Bank Holidays to costly for our country!
Originally Posted by jemflux
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People need the odd long weekend break when they work hard, God knows they have enough stress worrying about the rent and whether the job will be there in a years time the way things are going, I for one would not begrudge the Bank holidays to anyone.
09-04-2012, 09:30 PM
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Re: Bank Holidays to costly for our country!
I really used to love bank holidays and it was great knowing that over the summer period there were lots of them. It was something to look forward to. Now that I'm self employed its rare I get them off, I worked all day on Good Friday and most of today
Isn't there an extra one this year in June??
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