Holiday

[sammy]

So handed in my holiday sheet today, was told straight away I’m not allowed Saturday 26th December off as tesco are moving the bank holiday is this correct?

[penguin]

I think this may be the new black come Christmas...trade was seriously down, the footfall wasn't there. A lot of public opinion was against stores opening Boxing Day and New Year's Day just gone, a shifting trend towards keeping it special for family time, certain firms were proudly advertising the fact that they would be closed to enable their staff a decent break, and their sales would be the traditional January sales commencing January 2nd.

The emphasis is now on mental health and wellbeing, the trend appears to be moving into the old traditional festivities. Christmas markets, fresh produce, not large pre packed, from God knows where meat, fruit and veg, and a shed load of nostalgia thrown in for good measure.

No way Tesco will shut all the stores on Boxing or New Years day, seen a post on the offical Tesco instagram a couple of years back about Christmas opening hours, a customer had commented why not shut Boxing day and New years day give the staff a break, Tesco replied back that the staff want to be in work on said days to ensure we are open and do not disappoint anyone who might run out anything over Christmas and New year.

[lucgeo]

My local store was closed both Boxing Day and New Year's Day, if they don't have the volunteer staff, they can't open!

[lucgeo]

Sammy, are you days or nights? Is Saturday your contracted day? I know nights have an agreement every year for an option of nights working, but not days. Check with your rep, or the union to see if it is in fact correct, and agreed? Sometimes a Saturday B/H is moved to accommodate office workers, making the following Monday a B/H instead.

[sammy]

I work on days and in store, yes Saturday is my contracted shift now being told I’m not allowed it off.

[Morris999]

Your manager is talking s***
There has been no official communication that Tesco is moving Boxing Day from the Saturday to the Monday!
There was a communication sent to wages about automatically booking Christmas,Boxing and New Years Day in Hram last year for all colleagues to ensure scheduler/Bank holidays entitlement are accurate.

[Rad]

Boxing day is not moving from Saturday to Monday this year in Tesco.

Other non retail companies may move it.

In 2021 It will move from Sunday to Monday.

[Paupers wage]

Although Tesco keeping quiet Monday December 28th is an additional bank holiday this year as it’s over their 8 allowance I assume colleagues can take it as a days holiday, personal day or as unpaid day off if they wish.

[Stitch]

Boxing day is not moving from Saturday to Monday this year in Tesco.

Other non retail companies may move it.

In 2021 It will move from Sunday to Monday.

So when it comes to next year would I be able to book the 26th off? As I view that as boxing day......

[Rad]

Yes, what normally happens is all sunday contracted colleagues on the Sunday 26th have the option of BH, H, Unpaid etc

[Redshoes]

Wages system has automatically booked the Christmas and New Year holidays off for the people who are contracted to work them.
Since a certain date if shifts for a bank holiday can't be filled you are expected to work but the big however is that this does not include Christmas and new year bank holiday.
My store is not planning for the bh to be moved. This is not the first time Christmas has fallen at a weekend and this is not the first time people have thought that the Boxing Day holiday will be moved because of the day of the week it falls on. So far it never has.
The night team decide how they take the bank holiday, it should be a vote but some stores are just told.

[Rad]

This year it wont be moved, next year it will.

[oldfashionedplayer]

So handed in my holiday sheet today, was told straight away I’m not allowed Saturday 26th December off as tesco are moving the bank holiday is this correct?

so just to quote - " If you joined on or after 26th January 2009 and there are
insufficient volunteers to work on a bank holiday, you may
be required to work on up to five bank holidays (excluding
Internal, Holiday, Version 3.2, Page 8 of 10 – February 2020
Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day) if you
are normally scheduled to work on the day the bank holiday
falls. "

So can't be flat out refused, has to be given an option with it of how you wanna do it, either holiday, unpaid, work a different day.

Also in response to the night thing - that barely happens... Never happened with our store, staff supposed to vote on it, managers always say "you guys picked this" it's like Nope, no one voted... so we just take it or work a bit extra then sick call it lol.

[lucgeo]

Read your contract, it clearly states words to the effect that no colleague( regardless of status/ contract) can be made to work Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day.

[oldfashionedplayer]

It depends, it does say unless stated in contract, (distribution don't really get the choice) but otherwise for stores its mainly managers and higher for forcibly working boxing day...may be the odd change but for the most part you are correct.