This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

We understand that you want the Government to create new bank holidays, but it's not clear if you also want the Government to create a legal entitlement for workers to have these off. There is no statutory right to time off for bank holidays. Employers can include bank holidays as part of a workers’ statutory holiday entitlement if they choose, but do not have to do so.

We have published the following petitions calling for new bank holidays, some of which you might like to sign:

Create a new Bank Holiday in recognition of the NHS and all its amazing workers: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/303882

Bank holiday to thank those who helped during the COVID-19 crisis: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/307364

Introduce a 'one off' bank holiday after covid-19 pandemic to boost morale: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/304513

Make the Monday after Mothering Sunday 2021 an extra bank holiday: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/308891

National holiday of remembrance of those who died during the virus covid-19: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/311923

If you want the Government to take some other action in relation to the creation of bank holidays, you could start a new petition requesting this.

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