Planning holidays for next year?

Planning holidays for next year?
Euan
December 3, 2019

    The following details were recently published on the gov.uk and regional websites. They set out bank holiday dates for Christmas 2019 and 2020.

     

    Upcoming Christmas bank holidays in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland 2019
    25 December Wednesday Christmas Day
    26 December Thursday Boxing Day
    Upcoming bank holidays in England and Wales 2020
    1 January Wednesday New Year’s Day
    10 April Friday Good Friday
    13 April Monday Easter Monday
    8 May Friday Early May bank holiday (VE day)
    25 May Monday Spring bank holiday
    31 August Monday Summer bank holiday
    25 December Friday Christmas Day
    28 December Monday Boxing Day (substitute day)

     

    Upcoming holidays in Scotland 2020

     

    2020 Day Holiday
    1 January Wednesday New Year’s Day
    2 January Thursday 2nd January
    10 April Friday Good Friday
    8 May Friday Early May Bank Holiday (VE day)
    25 May Monday Spring Bank Holiday
    3 August Monday Summer Bank Holiday
    30 November Monday St Andrew’s Day
    25 December Friday Christmas Day
    28 December Monday Boxing Day (substitute day)

     

    Upcoming holidays in Northern Ireland 2020

    Holidays 2020
    New Year’s Day 1 January
    St Patrick’s Day 17 March
    Good Friday 10 April
    Easter Monday 13 April
    Early May Bank Holiday (VE Day) 8 May
    Spring Bank Holiday 25 May
    Battle of the Boyne / Orangemen’s Day 12 July
    Summer Bank Holiday 31 August
    Christmas Day 25 December
    Boxing Day 26 December

     

    If a bank holiday is on a weekend, a ‘substitute’ weekday becomes a bank holiday, normally the following Monday.

    Readers are reminded that employers do not have to provide paid leave on bank holidays.

    Source: DocSafe

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