Employers should consider allowing workers to come in late or take the day off if England win the Euros, a Downing Street spokesperson has said.
England beat Denmark on Wednesday night in the Euro 2020 semi final, and now the team has secured a place in Sunday’s final match Vs Italy.
Millions of people are expected to watch the game over the weekend, but all the celebrations could mean some very sore heads on Monday, so will we get the day off?
Prime minister Boris Johnson has refused to rule out the prospect of an emergency bank holiday should England win Euro 2020 on Sunday.
Johnson has come under pressure to consider a one-off day off in the event of the Three Lions winning the tournament.
Asked by a journalist yesterday about the prospect of a bank holiday if England beat Italy in the final, the prime minister said: “I think that would be tempting fate; let’s see what happens.”
Calls to have Monday off have intensified, with more than 300,000 signatures on a petition hosted on the Parliament website.
It reads: “Sunday 8pm is a difficult time for families to plan to be together for the event – knowing we have an additional day off the next day would significantly help this.
“Furthermore, a historic win should be celebrated. It would be expected for the winning team to parade the trophy, and a bank holiday would be a perfect time to do this.
“Also, English people would naturally want to continue to enjoy the win, giving the retail and leisure industry a much-needed opportunity to make up lost revenues.”
The match will be finished by 10pm if it is settled in normal time.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “I don’t want to pre-empt the outcome of Sunday’s match. Clearly we want England to go all the way and win the final, and then we will set out our plans in due course.
“We will hopefully, when England go on to win, then go on to set out our plans.”
They added that businesses who are able to give employees time off on Monday should consider doing so in an event of a win.
“We would want businesses who feel able to consider it if they can but we recognise it will vary depending on the business and company,” the spokesperson said.
England fans today face a desperate rush to book a space at a pub on what is now being dubbed as ‘Super Sunday’ for the hospitality industry – with the Wimbledon final also due to take place on the same day.
Comments (29)
Stuff it, it’s on my mind so… the VERY short version of my issue with the whole short notice Bank Holiday or more so late start to appointments mentality.
EXTRA DRINKING TIME needs EXTRA NO DRIVING TIME…
If we win, I suspect the drinking will go on into the early hours for many… SO FOR ME, it has to be no appointments or be 100% sure those going out are under the limit. Should I care what another agent does, or person? if they feel fit to drive, it’s their choice!
If you’ve lost someone to a drink driver you might get this, and if you haven’t you might think miserable git. But I bet if the Police decided to hit a DD target on Monday, parking outside EA offices and random stopping staff will catch at least 1 out if not more.
Fact is, as an industry we drive around… so how we manage the “have fun” message to the people who like a gallon or two needs to clear and careful that as a Boss you’ve not just sent a weapon out to meet someone. (and I mean weapon in 2 senses)
Bore of Ric…
I suppose it depends on whether you like football or not as to how you deal with any potential time off. I wouldn’t have a problem if someone wanted to take holiday if there was nothing in the diary, people do it for football all season to follow their team.
“Also, English people would naturally want to continue to enjoy the win, giving the retail and leisure industry a much-needed opportunity to make up lost revenues.”
Jeremy Corbyn used this argument when he pushed for several new bank holidays. According to this argument, we could have 365 days off a year, but it would be cost-neutral, as we would be spending on those days…
I have told my staff they can come in late.
I will be in the local rugby club watching with buddies and family and win or lose am likely to be there until late as they have an extension
If brains were dynamite …
I agree totally – you would then be a …………… xx
There is far more to life than selling houses which is an unqulaified low skilled job.
You seem lovely.
“There is far more to life than selling houses which is an unqulaified low skilled job.”
But is at least one step up the evolutionary scale from the lower-skilled job of being a “developer” – especially one that can’t get their ‘a’s and ‘l’s in the right order…
“An unqualified low skilled job” with exactly the same barriers to entry as an MP or government minister
Sounds like a “superspreader” event in the making, Jan…
***BREAKING NEWS***
jan – buyers has buddies!
Wow you can make a sarcastic comment on a screen – biggggggggg man LOL
“Wow you can make a sarcastic comment on a screen”
Yup – and I can spell it correctly too.
And I am, actually. VERY big.
Ask my “buddies”. LOL (credit: jan – byers).
Absolutely… oh wait… we might not know until 10:30pm after penalties and the Monday diary is already full of appointments…
EA: Hi, sorry we cannot make the appointment tomorrow (said pi**sed as a fart) and sorry we are call you late to tell you… we are now having the day off because we won…
Client: Why?
EA: Because we won… so we don’t need to come in…
Client: Why?
EA: You know, we’ve not won anything since 1966 so it’s huge… yay
Client: So what you doing with your day off?
EA: Nowt really, I hadn’t really had one planned to be honest!
Client: Oh cool, Why you off then? *thinking get the **** in and do my viewing.
Already given the instruction no appointments Monday morning.
Cover for the phone’s and then business as usual in the afternoon unless we win of course!!
I have a post, I keep cutting and thinking don’t post it Ric, everyone will boo hoo but I will dare post it now….
Will not fit all, but a very serious dilema for our kind of industry!!!!!
Will they work an extra Sunday if England don’t win…?
It’s not as if it’s on from 2a.m
it finishes by 11pm latest.
Exhausted conveyancers are already off for the month of July, so little legal work will transact anyway – so sure.
I already have heard that one of the large firms has made the gesture to open offices a bit later on Monday so that their teams can enjoy the evening. What a great gesture for their staff and probably a very clever move as well. Whether you like football or not everybody likes our country to do well and this situation hasn’t occurred for 55 years!!
Err…. no
There are those in my office who said during the tournament, three out of seven, they would rather watch Love Island than boring football will be in as usual.
The other four will be announcing this morning will have the morning off win or lose 😉
anyone who watches LI is a total moron I would not employ someone like that
I like to employ people who love sport that have a competitive edge
Perhaps I should include that question in future interviews 🙂
Imagine working for jan, long shifts in a salt mine would be infinitely more enjoyable.
Dick, I just had a horrible vision of the experience…
Jan: “What’s this? I asked for the Daily Mail!!! Put your mask on you moron, don’t you know there’s a pandemic on…”
*Jan finally has today’s copy of the DM, gingerly placed infront of her…and mutters*
“Bl*ody foreigners…right, it’s 11am, wheres my G&T?”
Employee (*shaking): “I’m sorry Jan, I was too busy disinfecting your newspaper and trying to stay 2 metres away from it like you told me last week…please don’t hit me again”
Jan: “Come on, get a move on with that drink, I’ve got to drive to the Rugby club in 10 minutes, we’ve got a couple of hundred buddies attending… we’re having a good ol’ knees up!”
Bold statement.
Can’t beat a bit of trashy tv to switch off too.
I’m a 39 year old male and I’ve never laughed so much at anything on TV. It’s so bad it’s good
But obviously I’m a moron and unemployable.
Good job I’ve got my own business to fall back on.
And what sports would they be then jan-byers? C*ck-fighting? Hare Coursing? Pit-bull fighting? Bull-running? Tiddlywinks?
I’m not a fan by any means, would rather watch paint dry, but I wouldn’t class the people who watch it as morons! The contestants, yes, the viewers, no. Questionable taste, yes, moron, no.