It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...so here are the arrangements for the Christmas period:

December pay day

As usual, you'll receive your December pay early - this year you'll be paid on Friday 17th December.

If you're on Universal Credit, don't forget to add a note to your journal to ensure being paid early doesn't affect your benefits.

At some point next year we'll be consulting you on whether being paid early in December is still the preferred option.

Christmas Eve

Our services/offices will close at 1pm on Friday 24th December to allow you all to enjoy the afternoon off on Christmas Eve. If you'd like the whole day off, you'll only need to book annual leave for the morning.

Bank Holidays

As Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day all fall on weekends, 27th & 28th Dec and 3rd January will all be bank holidays and therefore, non-working days

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