Moreover, according to the provisions of the Labour Code, the employer is not obliged to grant a day off when the holiday occurs on Sunday, which is a day off for the employee. If, according to the working time system applicable to the employee, another day of the week (other than, e.g., Saturday) is his/her day off and occurs on a holiday, the employer will have to give the day off back to the employee on another occasion till the end of the settlement period.
Public and church holidays in 2019
- 1st January (Tuesday) – New Year’s Day
- 6th January (Sunday) – Epiphany
- 21st April (Sunday) – Easter
- 22nd April (Monday) – Easter Monday
- 1st May (Wednesday) – International Workers’ Day
- 3rd May (Friday) – 3rd May Constitution Day
- 9th June (Sunday) – Pentecost
- 20th June (Thursday) – Corpus Christi
- 15th August (Thursday) – Assumption of the Virgin Mary
- 1st November (Friday) – All Saints’ Day
- 11th November (Monday) – Independence Day
- 25th December (Wednesday) – the first day of Christmas
- 26th December (Thursday) – the second day of Christmas