As this is an additional public holiday, it will be for local employers to decide on payment and leave arrangements for their staff required to work on 5 June 2012. There will be no national agreement on this but we expect employers may wish to consider implementing the arrangements they made for the Royal Wedding holiday in 2011.
The view from the NHS Employers organisation is that where employees would be required to work on Tuesday 5 June 2012, payment and conditions of service would be those which would apply on a normal Tuesday, with a day off in lieu and other staff would be entitled to a days paid leave.
We will keep you informed of developments through our website and our weekly NHS Workforce bulletin.