Also, in the Working Time Act there is this section:
(2) Where—
(a) an employee ceases to be employed during the week ending
on the day before a public holiday, and
(b) the employee has worked for his or her employer during the
4 weeks preceding that week,
the employee shall, as compensation for the loss of his or her entitlements
under section 21 in respect of the said public holiday, be paid
by his or her employer an amount equal to an additional day’s pay
calculated at the appropriate daily rate.