What are the 10 bank holidays in Northern Ireland?

What are the 10 bank holidays in Northern Ireland?

Northern Ireland Public Holidays

• New Year’s Day. 01 January 2022.
• St Patrick’s Day. 18 March 2022.
• Good Friday. 15 April 2022.
• Easter Monday. 18 April 2022.
• Early May Bank Holiday. 02 May 2022.
• Spring Bank Holiday. 30 May 2022.
• Battle of the Boyne (Orangemen’s Day) 12 July 2022.
• Summer Bank Holiday. 29 August 2022.

Does Northern Ireland have the same bank holidays?

There are ten bank/public holidays in Northern Ireland each year. Bank holidays in the UK are different for Northern Ireland, England and Wales, and Scotland. England and Wales have eight public holidays and Scotland has nine.

When did Boxing Day last fall on a Sunday?

Dates of Boxing Day: long term overview

Is there an extra bank holiday in 2022 in Northern Ireland?

**In 2022, there is an extra bank holiday to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee , this extra day is given as Friday 3 June and the Spring Bank Holiday has also been moved to Thursday 2 June 2022 to accommodate this.

Is December 27th a bank holiday in Ireland?

Promoted Stories. 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.

When did Christmas Day become a bank holiday?

Christmas Day 25 December This has been a bank holiday since 1971, but it was once a ‘public holiday’, except in Scotland where it’s always been a bank holiday since the 1871 Act.

When was Boxing Day made a bank holiday?

1974
Boxing Day was officially recognised as a bank holiday in England, Northern Ireland and Wales in 1871 and in Scotland it was recognised as an official bank holiday in 1974.

What was Boxing Day originally called?

In Ireland, when the entire island was part of the United Kingdom, the Bank Holidays Act 1871 established the feast day of Saint Stephen as a non-moveable public holiday on 26 December. Following partition in 1920, Northern Ireland reverted to the British name, Boxing Day.

Why are 27th and 28th December bank holidays?

For example, if the big day is on a Friday and Boxing Day is on a Saturday then the second bank holiday would be pushed back to Monday. This year, Christmas Day and Boxing Day were on Saturday and Sunday, so the bank holidays moved to Monday 27 December and Tuesday 28 December.

Is Monday 28th December 2021 a bank holiday?

When days which are usually bank holidays fall on weekends, a substitute weekday becomes a bank holiday instead. Christmas Day and Boxing Day will fall on Saturday and Sunday, so there will be substitute days off for both, this time on Monday 27 December 2021 and Tuesday 28 December 2021.

Will Northern Ireland get the jubilee bank holiday?

****In 2023, as New Year’s Day falls on a Sunday, the public holiday is given as the following Monday (2 January 2023)….Bank and public holidays in Northern Ireland.

How many bank holidays does Northern Ireland have in 2022?

Northern Ireland has ten bank holidays every year. This is in contrast to the eight in England and Wales and nine in Scotland….Bank Holidays in Northern Ireland 2022.

Do employers have to give the extra bank holiday in 2022?

As above, the bank holidays which are included within the holiday entitlement are listed and therefore there is no entitlement to the additional bank holiday.