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<\/p>\nIf your employer does grant you bank holidays off work, then you could maximise your leave in 2027 if you book around the bank holidays and substitute days<\/p>\n
In 2027 we’ll be treated to a three-day working week around the festive period.(Image: SCU)<\/p>\n
After a lovely long Easter weekend, many of you may be planning ahead for future bank holidays. We all cherish additional time off, and as we enter a new season, we also enter the new financial year. For some, this means that your annual leave allowance has reset and maybe you’re planning for the year ahead.<\/p>\n
Occasionally, if the Christmas bank holidays fall on a weekend then we are entitled to a substitute day off in the week. This can often mean that we may have an extra couple of days off in a row without needing to book any time off at all over the winter period.<\/p>\n
On their website<\/a>, the Government have said: “If a bank holiday is on a weekend, a \u2018substitute\u2019 weekday becomes a bank holiday, normally the following Monday.”<\/p>\n Although, they also add that your “employer does not have to give you paid leave on bank or public holidays.”<\/p>\n If your employer does grant you bank holidays off work, then you could maximise your leave in 2027 if you book around the bank holidays and substitute days.<\/p>\n In fact, in 2027 we’ll be treated to a three-day working week around the festive period. This means that you’d have an impressive five consecutive days off, without needing a single day of annual leave. Additionally, January 1, 2028, lands on a Saturday, which means we’ll receive a ‘substitute’ day on Monday, January 3,2028.<\/p>\n So, if you take merely two days of annual leave on Wednesday, December 30 and Thursday, December 31 in 2027, you’ll enjoy a staggering 10 days off from Saturday, December 25 until Monday, January 3, 2028. Always keep on top of the latest Welsh news with our newsletter<\/a><\/p>\n Here are all the bank holidays from now until the end of 2027 in England and Wales:<\/p>\n Remaining 2026 bank holidays in England and Wales<\/p>\n Early May bank holiday: Monday, May 4<\/p>\n Spring bank holiday: Monday, May 25<\/p>\n Summer bank holiday: Monday, August 31<\/p>\n Christmas Day: Friday, December 25<\/p>\n Boxing Day (substitute day): Monday, December 28<\/p>\n 2027 Bank Holidays in England and Wales<\/p>\n New Year’s Day: Friday, January 1, 2027<\/p>\n Good Friday: Friday, March 26<\/p>\n Easter Monday: Monday, March 29<\/p>\n Early May bank holiday: Monday, May 3<\/p>\n Spring bank holiday: Monday, May 31<\/p>\n Summer bank holiday: Monday, August 30<\/p>\n