TUC calls for more bank holidays

British workers get the fewest days statutory annual leave in Europe, as well as the lowest number of bank holidays. Whilst UK employees only enjoy eight bank holidays a year, our Spanish and Portuguese counterparts have up to 14 bank holidays each year. And unlike European bosses, employers in Britain are not compelled to give their workers bank holidays off.The UK also offers staff just 20 days statutory annual leave, and a loophole in the UK Working Time Directive regulations means employe... (78 more words)

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