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Christmas | Do employees have to work on boxing day?

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Do employees have to work on boxing day?
Do employees have to work on boxing day?

Giving the Boxing Day shift the knockout blow. Do you have to work it?

Nearly 2 million people work on Boxing Day, with 16.5% in the accommodation and food services sector, according to UK-wide figures from the Office for National Statistics 2014.

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