Congratulations to all on calendar-monthly salaries, I hope your employers are truly appreciative of you giving your labour free, gratis and for nothing on 29 February. Obviously this doesn't affect those on lunar-monthly salaries or those paid weekly/fortnightly.

I wonder if we'll have a statement at PMQs congratulating the workers of this country for doing their bit in these hard times?

Its to make up for the Queens Jubilee holiday.

So no "business leaders" will be quoted in The Mail in June moaning about how much they lost on that day.

It's every four years though. Given an average working life of forty years, that's a fortnight's holiday you've given back to the gaffer

I'm still in credit.

Yay for 40 hour average contracts then?

Still depends on when you are paid mate

They'll be mega p!ssed off in Samoa then

Dunno, at least they've got their day back

Thought they lost a day

They did but 29 February should see them right

I'm not sure the point you're trying to make is relevant. If all months were exactly the same length, then yes, but we had feb where people work 2 or 3 days shorter than other months for the same monthly salary or working an extra day in July for the same pay as you would get in June.

That much is patently obvious