Uk employment law holidays?

i heard that later this year it will be illegal for your employer to deduct bank holidays from your annual holiday entitlement.is this true and when does it come into effect.

Hi - as from october the legal minimum holidays will increase to 25 days. Your employer can deduct bank holidays from this entitlement. However this should be stated in yuor contract of employment.
Go to acas website for the exact details.

from my understanding of this they can still deduct it from you annual holiday entitlement but you will get an extra 9 days holiday to cover this cant guarantee this but its what I've come to understand i.e if you get 20 days holiday you will now get 29 but lose 1 for every bank holiday you dont work including xmas

It might not yet be illegal !!1 but it is certainly immoral . All workers are entitled to the eight bank holidays . In the UK we seem to get less than most other countries !! These are in addition to whatever contractual leave you have .
Of you are in a job where you sometimes need to work on designated bank holidays , the very least you should get is another day off in lieu !!

It will not be illegal to include bank holidays within your annual holiday entitlement. The holiday entitlement will increase though. The text below is taken from http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm, which is a really useful site.

From 1 October 2007 all workers have a statutory right to at least 4.8 weeks paid annual leave (that's 24 days paid holiday if you work five days a week).

The basics of holiday rights
There is a minimum right to paid holiday, but your employer may offer more than this. The main things you should know about holiday rights are:

* from 1 October this year you are entitled to a minimum of 4.8 weeks
* the entitlement will increase again to 5.6 weeks from 1 April 2009
* those working part-time are entitled to the same level of holiday pro rata (so 4.8 then 5.6 times your usual working week)
* you start building up holiday as soon as you start work
* your employer can control when you take your holiday
* you get paid your normal pay for your holiday
* when you finish a job, you get paid for any holiday you鈥檝e not taken
* bank and public holidays in Britain can be included in your minimum entitlement

No, that's incorrect.
On 1st October 2007 the minimum annual leave entitlement goes up to 4.8 weeks (currently at 4 weeks) but an employer will still be allowed to count bank holidays in this allocation.

check with www.acas.co.uk as far as I know bank holidays cant get deducted. from 1st October we get extra 5 days holiday per year.