British workers should have four more bank holidays a year, one of the largest workers' unions has said. The Trades Union Congress wants the increase to bring the UK in line with other European countries which enjoy an average 12.3 public holidays a year.
The body says the extra days off would be a reward for a "nation of grafters". It comes after the TUC claimed that UK firms claimed £27 billion of free labour last year in unpaid overtime.
Of our European counterparts, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Cyprus top the table with 15 bank holidays per year. England and Wales typically get eight bank holidays a year while Scotland and Northern Ireland have nine or 10, depending on the timing of New Year and their patron saint days, reported The Mirror.
