Can retail and hospitality businesses trade during the Easter period, and what are the specific pay and leave obligations for staff?

She’d been with the organisation for months, doing good work on a funded project with a clear end date. Her contract ran through to the end of the financial year in June. It was straightforward. Everyone knew where they stood. Then the funding got pulled early.

She’d been with the company for over a decade. In that time, her role had changed, her position title had changed, her hours had changed, and her days had changed. Not once. Multiple times across a decade.