3 day weekend in UK

@pettytalk said
Do you go dancing on the weekends?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CCgDvUM4TM

@divegeester said
We have 8 in total. Including Christmas and New Year.

@a-unique-nickname said
In England. The rest of the UK is different. In NI, there's 10. Plus a minimum of 20 other holidays to use as you wish most companies have more. 25 + the 10 bank holidays where I work.

@divegeester said
I get 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays.
I also “buy” another 5 days holiday.

10 Bank hols is nice.

@a-unique-nickname said
Scotland also has 10... Wales and England 8. Yeah we can also 'buy' 5 extra days but with full sick pay, why would you?

Boring.

If you’re a public sector worker you’re limited to 3 periods of sickness per year, be they 3 separate months or 3 single days. Any more than that and you’ll get a sickness absence management meeting in which your illness/es will be discussed. Feigning sickness and risking a fellow employee seeing you out having fun doesn’t make it worth the risk.

@Drewnogal said
If you’re a public sector worker you’re limited to 3 periods of sickness per year, be they 3 separate months or 3 single days. Any more than that and you’ll get a sickness absence management meeting in which your illness/es will be discussed. Feigning sickness and risking a fellow employee seeing you out having fun doesn’t make it worth the risk.