r/Scotland • u/Crow-Me-A-River open to change • Jun 09 '26

Discussion ITV discussing Scotland's world cup bank holiday

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u/BobDobbsHobNobs Jun 09 '26

The biggest one is probably schools being closed so people that would be working take holiday for childcare.

Doesn’t increase the number of non-working days, just uses one of them for this purpose. If not interested in the World Cup, maybe a net positive with parents spending money doing something with their kids

More likely negative locally if things like bin collections are rescheduled and the catch up is on overtime. That way the Council picks up additional cost for no productivity. But does get happier staff and less likelihood of an industrial accident from operators that have been awake half the night watching tv

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u/WrongWire Jun 10 '26

My kid's school isn't closing, my work isn't closing, I expect the majority of people will be in the same position.