The government has launched a general consultation to increase the number of paid holidays from 20 to 28 days. It wishes to end the common practice of including public holidays in the paid holidays. (Réf. 06608)
In 1998, Tony Blair’s government had established a minimum of 20 paid holidays, which had enabled 2 million people to take holidays for the first time. But many employers include in these 4 weeks the 8 annual and intangible public holidays. This practice penalizes over two million employees, “generally badly-paid, women, part-time workers or ethnic minorities “, said the Secretary of State in charge of Businesses and Work, Jim Fitzpatrick, who launched on June 13 a consultation on the subject
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