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Debenhams bank holiday

  • 18-03-2007 10:38pm
    #1
    joe25
    Closed Accounts Posts: 176 ✭✭


    Hi
    Can some here tell me is this right.
    My wife works in Debenhams but has to work tomorrow as if it was a normal day.No Overtime,No day off instead.They said that because she work on saturdays that was there bank holiday.Is this right?


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  • #2
    information
    Closed Accounts Posts: 362 ✭✭information


    joe25 wrote:
    Hi
    Can some here tell me is this right.
    My wife works in Debenhams but has to work tomorrow as if it was a normal day.No Overtime,No day off instead.They said that because she work on saturdays that was there bank holiday.Is this right?

    Forget about bank holidays, its public holidays.

    What happened on Saturday, did she get anything extra?

    Here is her legal entitlements
    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/categories/employment/employment-rights-and-conditions/leave-and-holidays/public-holidays-in-ireland


  • #3
    joe25
    Closed Accounts Posts: 176 ✭✭joe25


    Just happens that she was not working last saturday but today is still a public holiday.
    Debenhams can not just change the public holiday to saturday can they?


  • #4
    Absolut
    Closed Accounts Posts: 208 ✭✭Absolut


    joe25 wrote:
    Just happens that she was not working last saturday but today is still a public holiday.

    Monday is the public holiday, afaik. I (and most people I know) was working on Saturday for basic pay. People working today should be getting extra pay or time off in lieu.


  • #5
    joe25
    Closed Accounts Posts: 176 ✭✭joe25


    Debenhams only opened for public holiday hours on saturday.
    So if you were not working on saturday you missed out on public holiday.
    This cannot be right.


  • #6
    nesf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,644 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    Is she a full time or part time worker?


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  • #7
    joe25
    Closed Accounts Posts: 176 ✭✭joe25


    My wife is part time doing 20 hours a week,but it is the same for full time workers.


  • #8
    leeroybrown
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,563 ✭✭✭leeroybrown


    Absolut wrote:
    Monday is the public holiday, afaik.
    No. Technically the Saturday the 17th was still the public holiday. Today is just a holiday by convention but employers have no requirement to make today a holiday in lieu. That said, there are rules governing what should happen in these circumstances and they must provide a day off in lieu within a month, extra pay, an extra days holidays or the more archaic solution of making the next church holiday a paid day off.

    What they have done doesn't sound correct. My understanding of this situation is that a full-time worker is entitled to one of the above alternatives.

    A part-time worker is entitled to a fifth or their weekly pay in lieu so long as they meet the minimum requirements to qualify. The minimum requirement is 40 hours in total in the preceding 5 weeks.

    Edit: The part time case above cover your wife.


  • #9
    nesf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,644 ✭✭✭✭nesf


    joe25 wrote:
    My wife is part time doing 20 hours a week,but it is the same for full time workers.

    That definitely doesn't sound right.


  • #10
    iguana
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,917 ✭✭✭✭iguana


    joe25 wrote:
    Debenhams only opened for public holiday hours on saturday.
    So if you were not working on saturday you missed out on public holiday.
    This cannot be right.

    She wasn't working Saturday, but is she getting paid as if she was? If so then today was just an ordinary day for her. Check that before getting upset, I used to be a shop steward in Dunnes and weekend/alternate public holidays always caused confusion.


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