SIC decision of declining the public holiday for the Coronation of Charles III

[tlady]

As an SIC employee and a Royalist I feel very downhearted that my employer has been the only public authority in Britain NOT to mark this historic event, I felt discriminated against and disrespected as as an employee also that we were also disrespectining the monarchy !!

On a monetary issue It is a proven fact that the return to the community will be 10 fold if there's a celebration!! .. speculate to accumlate!! As far as I'm aware there was nothing arranged in Lerwick by the SIC.. So with no effort they "allegedly" saved £10000 but neglected to see the bigger picture !!  .. they could have boosted the local economy by 10x 

Edited May 9, 2023 by tlady

[Evil Inky]

Disrespecting the monarchy? I bet Charles won't be losing any sleep over which days the SIC takes as public holidays.

[MuckleJoannie]

According to a news item on Radio Shetland there was one other local authority not declaring a public holiday for the coronation. I agree with Convenor Andrea Manson's statement on the same programme that it would give the wrong message to pay staff for an extra day off and pay others extra to come in to cover for the ones on holiday when the SIC is cutting services.

[Roachmill]

Were the SIC stopping those wanting to celebrate a coronation from taking the time off to do so?

Also, scanning the Shetlink local news feed, there appears to have been several coronation related events... none of which looked to have been that well attended. The point being - I'm not convinced there are was any potential to raise £100K off the back of Charles.