29.02.2016 - leap year - should this day be a bank holiday?

It must be difficult going through such hell.

 

Just to announce the results of the vote: The screwfix community says NO to having another bank holiday (I realise that this generalisation is quite over the top, but those were the votes and we can't dispute them, can we?)

 

25 March? is that your birthday and you want a national (well, European) celebration?

 

I had since you first mentioned it, but you'll need to give me a year as well to get to the bottom of this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_25 - these are the results (which are not in small numbers)
Is this the one: 25 March 1957? http://europa.eu/about-eu/eu-history/1945-1959/index_en.htm

 

I am afraid that we are going to be affected by this in ways that we don't understand at the moment. But who knows?! We'll see the results if it happens.

 

Sorry for the late reply, madhatter. Speaking about holidays. I was in one, but it was a paid one this time.
You are not getting paid for if you have a fixed salary. If you are being paid per hour/day, you are getting paid for working on this day.
In my opinion, holidays and bank holidays are extremely important not only for relaxation, but for increasing productivity in the work place as well.
There were a lot of studies made on this topic and the ones that I have read about, all had the same results: holidays improve productivity.
This is an interesting one: http://www.hrzone.com/perform/people/holidays-improve-productivity, especially the last paragraph:
When compared to other countries in the European Union, the UK has the lowest amount of statutory holidays with just 20 days a year, eleven days less than average. The UK also has the highest statutory working hours a week, 48 hours compared to France's 35. However, GDP per capita is still lower in the UK than in other EU countries with larger holiday entitlement.

 

There goes my pride.

 

You'll get something better, don't worry.
Well... worry, but only as much as to motivate you to find something better.