Euro 2020 final rumours | Bonus bank holiday would cause 'headache for HR'

News that Prime Minister Boris Johnson could announce a bank holiday if England win their Wembley UEFA Euro 2020 final against Italy on Sunday could leave HR in a pickle – with one expert saying the speed of the announcement would be a headache for the function.

With a spokesperson for Johnson saying that the PM would “set out our plans in due course” regarding the celebrations – although Downing Street sources have reportedly suggested that the timing of the next game would mean it would be too late to give fans an emergency day off next Monday – one HR Director has said she likes the idea but it would be hard to plan.

Indeed, with Guardian reporting suggesting that alternate options for a bank holiday celebration would be looked into if Southgate, Sterling, Kane and the rest of England squad make it all the way, Vicki Field, an Independent HR Practitioner, told HR Grapevine that a last minute bank holiday could cause problems

She said: “It doesn’t give a lot of time for managers / communications teams / HR to tell employees the plans for the next day. Planning logistics and company-wide communications is the last thing that most people want to have to think about if England do take the cup.