29th May 2006, 03:18 PM
After a bit more digging, I have found the Labour Party's own website and its published intention to extend holiday entitlement to include bank holidays http://www.labour.org.uk/index.php?id=ne...me%5D=work
The key sentence is: "With Labour every full-time worker will be entitled to 28 days paid holiday - including the time for bank holidays. This is just one example of Labour's commitment to give more help and support to hard working families."
So it does seem as though this change is coming... but we are still waiting (the article/propaganda is dated 28 March 2005).
Further to this is a speech on the same day by Ian McCartny MP (Lab):
"Labour stands for 8 days bank holidays in addition to 20 days paid holidays. 28 days under Labour... One of these days, if you all keep supporting Labour, you might even get your bank holidays off."
Rather a strange qualifying sentence, but the intention has been clearly stated.
And the BBC report on the same - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4387199.stm
P.S., I quite agree Invisible Man, I have done more jobs than just archaeology and the only time I had to endure the same lack of bank holidays was in the security sector (hardly reknowned for good employment practice). That includes retail, call centre and construction industries.
The key sentence is: "With Labour every full-time worker will be entitled to 28 days paid holiday - including the time for bank holidays. This is just one example of Labour's commitment to give more help and support to hard working families."
So it does seem as though this change is coming... but we are still waiting (the article/propaganda is dated 28 March 2005).
Further to this is a speech on the same day by Ian McCartny MP (Lab):
"Labour stands for 8 days bank holidays in addition to 20 days paid holidays. 28 days under Labour... One of these days, if you all keep supporting Labour, you might even get your bank holidays off."
Rather a strange qualifying sentence, but the intention has been clearly stated.
And the BBC report on the same - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4387199.stm
P.S., I quite agree Invisible Man, I have done more jobs than just archaeology and the only time I had to endure the same lack of bank holidays was in the security sector (hardly reknowned for good employment practice). That includes retail, call centre and construction industries.