Days off work when royalty die.

[What A Waster]

Can't remember it when the queen mother died. Don't think we got one for Diana either.
If the Queen or Prince Philip or Charles were to die would we get a day off?
Usually do the funeral on a Saturday don't they?

 

[Napoleon Dynamite]

Tight fuckers man

@girojim

 

[zwartekat]

Even parasites have parasites.

 

[heroesof73]

Jezza promising the dole wallers an extra days benefit to make up for not getting extra holiday

 

[Stubbs ftm]

I reckon civil servants would?

 

[f.t.metro]

Edit: messed that up

 

[shepherd88]

The British stiff upper lip can get fucked for all I care. As a country we should have mourning periods, few days off work for a big wake imho.

 

[Hue Jorgan]

Question

Would you pay a full days wages out of your own pocket to say a tradesman you were employing on said funeral day if he wanted the day off?

I suspect the answer would be no, but it's no different to employing people when you have your own business why should a business pay for a days lost work it's just not fair

Having said that your post asks days off for a death in the royal family yes or no

When the queen mother had her funeral at work we offered the lads the day off without pay, no one took the offer up one or two however said "aye if we get paid"

This was never gonna happen in a small business if staff need to be paid why should an employer lose a days production, and pay for the privilege? Which brings it full circle to my first question

 

[Some Random Guy]

We would for the Queen but that's it.

She is a two for one really as the coronation would probably be a bank holiday too.

 

[Discopants91]

Funeral on a Saturday?

Great.

No day off, no football and the tele filled with weepy sycophantic wankers.

 

[becs]

I don't get paid holidays, so I'd rather go to work.

 

[Charlestonian]

If they did her funeral on a weekend I'd be livid! The only perk for the comman man is extra days off for her croaking and then the next one being coronated!

 

[LondonMackem]

Hopefully. How long does everyone reckon the lizard leader has left?

 

[wigwams]

All they're good for.

 

[Kent_Mackem]

Whether I'm working and being paid or not working and not getting paid, I will certainly be nowhere near a TV.

 

[Kevj]

OP is a jinx

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40360283

Hopefully not.

 

[dangermows]

There'll be one when Liam G dies.

 

[Paddy O'Dors]

One person dies and it's a tragedy.

79 (or 500 depending on who you believe) and it's a much disputed statistic

 

[alexander]

I thought it was treason to imagine the death of a monarch ?

 

[Abu Dhabi Red and White]

I thought it was treason to imagine the death of a monarch ?

Seems a bit like wishful thinking.

Bet you wouldn't want a day off from the porn industry - most guys would pay to work!