With the next bank holiday weekend just around the corner, sunseekers will be making the most of it and might be jetting off for an exotic getaway.
25.04.2022 - 18:57 / dailyrecord.co.uk
It's little over a month away until everyone in the UK gets an extra day off work to celebrate the Queen.
Buckingham Palace confirmed that there will be a four-day Bank Holiday weekend to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, the first British monarch in history to pass the impressive milestone.
The long weekend will be from June 2 to June 5, but a clever trick means that you could have a whopping nine days off in a row by only using up three days of precious annual leave.
To do this, you must book off Monday, May 30, Tuesday, May 31, and Wednesday, June 1 as paid holiday. The additional Jubilee bank holidays will then come on Thursday, June 2 and Friday, June 3.
This will give you a total of five days off altogether, but then if you take account of the weekends which fall on either side on Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29, and then Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5, you will have nine days off despite only using three days of annual leave.
You can leave work on Saturday, May 28 and not go back in again until Monday, June 6.
This trick is very good, but does only work if you don't work weekends or bank holidays, in which case you might still have to work some of those days.
In the UK, full time workers are entitled to 28 days of paid annual leave, though some employers count bank holidays in those days off.
The Platinum Jubilee will mark 70 years of Elizabeth being on the throne.
Elizabeth II is both the longest reigning UK monarch and the first in history to reach a Platinum Jubilee, coming to the throne when she was only 25 years old.
The next longest serving British monarch is Queen Victoria, who was on the throne for 63 years and 216 days.
Elizabeth is the longest reigning incumbent monarch, and if she is still on the throne
With the next bank holiday weekend just around the corner, sunseekers will be making the most of it and might be jetting off for an exotic getaway.
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As the weather starts to get warmer, many will be thinking about what they're going to get up to this summer, whether it be jetting off abroad or enjoying a weekend away in the UK. This also means that many will be thinking about what days to book off work this year, and if you're worrying that you don't seem to have enough annual leave left for all of your plans, then read ahead. It's been revealed that workers can actually boost their annual leave by tactically booking their days off to coincide with bank holidays and weekends.