During the summer holiday season, employers often question how to properly account for working time when a public holiday falls on a Saturday. <\/p>\n
Every holiday occurring during a settlement period and falling on a day other than Sunday reduces the working time dimension by 8 hours, in accordance with Article 130 \u00a7 2 of the Labor Code of June 26, 1974. In practice, this means that in a month where a public holiday falls on a Saturday\u2014which is a scheduled day off for the employee\u2014the employee is entitled to “recover” that day off at another time, usually designated by the employer. This situation occurs in August 2026, when the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on August 15 falls on a Saturday. Referring to the recovery of a day off for a holiday on a Saturday is a simplification based on the assumption that Saturday is a scheduled day off within a five-day workweek.<\/p>\n
In practice, Saturday does not have to be a day off from work for an employee. Although public perception views working days as Monday through Friday, this rule is not reflected in current regulations. According to the Act of January 18, 1951, on public holidays, the statutory days off are Sundays and specific holidays. This means, in a 7-day week where a full-time employee works 5 days, the statutory day off is Sunday, and the second can be chosen from the remaining 6 days of the week. While it is customary for this to be Saturday, it is not legally required, and certain industries like beauty and hair salons experience peak demand precisely on Saturdays. Consequently, the legislator referred to a “holiday falling on a day other than Sunday” rather than a “holiday falling on a Saturday” in the regulations.<\/p>\n
Because of these rules, if a holiday fell on a Thursday, an employer would need to designate an alternative day off for an employee whose scheduled day off under a five-day workweek happened to be Thursday. This additional day off must be scheduled within the same settlement period, which for most employers is a calendar month. For holidays occurring in August, employers frequently question how to proceed if an employee is on paid vacation on the day designated by the employer as an extra day off. The answer is straightforward: no alternative day off must be granted because vacation leave should not be charged on a day that is already an internal day off from work. That day must be accounted for in the same manner as a Sunday or a public holiday occurring during leave, reducing the employee’s total vacation pool by the corresponding number of days.<\/p>\n
Article 130 of the Act of June 26, 1974 \u2013 Labor Code (Journal of Laws of 2025, item 277).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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