Employers’ Secretary, Naomi Cooke
18 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HZ
Telephone 020 7664 3000
e-mail: [email protected]
Employees’ Secretary, Matt Wrack
Bradley House, 68 Coombe Rd
Kingston upon Thames KT2 7AE
Telephone 020 8541 1765
National Joint Council for local authority fire and rescue services
To: Chairs of Fire Authorities
Chief Fire Officers
Chief Executives/Clerks to Fire Authorities
Directors of HR (Fire Authorities)
Members of the National Joint Council
23 December 2022
Circular NJC/3/22
Additional bank holiday – 8 May 2023
- The government has announced an additional bank holiday across the UK to mark the Coronation of King Charles. The bank holiday will fall on Monday 8 May 2023, following the Coronation on Saturday 6 May.
2. Under the terms of the National Joint Council’s (NJC) Scheme of Conditions of Service (Grey Book) there is no automatic entitlement to such a bank holiday on this day.
3. The NJC has agreed that the bank holiday will be treated in the same way as other such holidays in the Grey Book for leave and pay purposes.
Yours faithfully
Naomi Cooke
Matt Wrack
Joint Secretaries