ONLINE VOICES

you, but you can’t have five days with family.

Jane Lee-conlon

So if you have to work Christmas Day then you can’t see your family?

Daimo Moore

But you can shop in supermarkets till your heart’s content with hundreds of other people. As Johnny Rotten once said to an American audience... “Ever feel you’ve been cheated?”

Ian Bennett

I can’t see my son at all because he lives in London so I’m gutted, but we have to grin and bear it and hope for Easter.

Jennifer Hampson

RETAIL

Asda staff taking Boxing Day off will have to use up holiday or go unpaid

I have to do that when I take Christmas Day off, what’s the big deal?

Paddy Flaherty

So back handed, making it look like they were being good but not - just boils down to money again. I won’t be using Asda again.

Maria Lee

It’s pretty much standard procedure - if you boycott everyone who make people take annual leave for a bank holiday you’re gonna have to become pretty self sufficient!

Iain Williamson

So why does ASDA have to pay their staff an extra day of holiday? A lot of businesses don’t.

Jason Ho

Colleagues are given an additional holiday day to spend with families. So they get paid and spend the day with families, not many other businesses do this.

Johnston Andrew

I work for Tesco and I really don’t see the problem here? Either work it or don’t, we don’t get paid for bank holidays if we don’t work. Yes it’s annoying and irritating to see our friends and loved ones finish work earlier than us etc but we all know Christmas is a busy time for us in retail, if I hated it that much I would have to find another job.

Adam Morgan

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