Happy Bank Holiday Monday!
They're arguably the only good Mondays of the year as the majority of people will get to turn off the alarm for the day and do whatever they want without the stresses of work.
Some will relax, some will visit family while others will try avoid the hangover from hell if they've enjoyed a few beverages the night before.
However, after today there is a substantial gap until the next one.
It's why proposals are being brought to Government to add three new Bank Holiday dates to the year.
In total, Ireland has nine paid public holidays.
That's compared to the likes of France, which has 11. Only the UK have fewer Bank Holidays, with eight.
Bank Holiday dates in Ireland
As of writing, there are three left.
They are:
- Last Monday in October (October 25)
- Christmas Day (December 25)
- Saint Stephen's Day (December 26)
There is a slight anomaly as Christmas Day falls on a Saturday and St Stephen’s Day falls on a Sunday this year.
That means that Monday December 27 and Tuesday December 28 will see the banks closed.
However these are not public holidays.
If a public holiday falls on a weekend, as is the case here, you do not have any automatic legal entitlement to have the next working day off work.
While many employers might treat the following Monday as a public holiday, they can require you to attend work on that day.
If a public holiday falls on a day that is not a normal working day for a business (for example, on Saturday or Sunday), employees are still entitled to the benefit for that day.
You are entitled to either a paid day off within a month of the public holiday, an additional day of annual leave or an additional day’s pay.
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