Staff at 2 Sisters food factories, which supply most of the UK's supermarkets, will not get the day off on Bank Holiday Monday for the Queen's funeral. Instead staff will have an extra hour for lunch and will be allowed to watch part of the funeral on screens in staff canteens, reports The Guardian.
Other major manufacturers such as Coca Cola and Cadbury agreed to give staff an extra day of holiday, pay them double time or stop production altogether on Monday, according to the union Unite.
Unite general secretary, Sharon Graham, said: “Many companies cannot switch off their operations during bank holidays, but decent employers compensate their staff for working them.”
