Holiday Entitlement

[Malcopool]

Which Act of Parliament decreed that only Christmas Day, Good Friday and Sundays were the holiday entitlement of workers?

[Dodger666]

Copied from Wiki:-

The Bank Holidays Act 1871 established the first bank holidays in the United Kingdom.

The Act designated four bank holidays in England, Wales and Ireland (Easter Monday; Whit Monday; First Monday in August; Boxing Day in England and Wales and St Stephen's Day in Ireland), and five in Scotland (New Year's Day; Good Friday; First Monday in May; First Monday in August; Christmas Day).

In England, Wales and Ireland, Good Friday and Christmas Day were considered traditional days of rest (as were Sundays) and therefore it was felt unnecessary to include them in the Act.

[Buenchico]

I'm certainly confused by this question.

No Act of Parliament has ever decreed that any particular days must be holidays for workers as a whole. The Bank Holidays Act 1871 and its successor legislation, the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971, only relate to the suspension of financial trading on certain days, which (as Dodger666's post acknowledges) have never formally included Christmas Day, Good Friday or Sundays.

[barmy]

As the days listed are our religious ones I would go for something like the Holy Days and Fasting Act 1551 but I can't find a version to check.

[fiction-factory]

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