When are the Christmas bank holidays in the UK for 2016?

CHRISTMAS is just around the corner, which means a well earned end of year break for festive fun.

But which days of your holiday season are public holidays?

Here is everything you need to know about the Christmas bank holidays for 2016…

When are the public holidays over Christmas?

Due to Christmas falling on a weekend, public holidays for the rest of this year have been slightly shifted.

Boxing Day bank holiday will take place as normal, on Monday 26th December, the public holiday for Christmas Day will take place on Tuesday 27th December.

If a bank holiday is on a weekend, a ‘substitute’ weekday becomes a bank holiday – usually the next Monday.

The first public holiday in 2017 is New Years Day – as this falls on a Sunday, the bank holiday will take place on Monday 2 January.

Are bank holidays included in your statutory leave?

It is up to an employer whether to include bank holidays as part of a worker’s statutory leave.

Bank holidays may also impact how benefits are paid,

When are the bank holidays in 2017?

The next set of public holidays falls on Easter weekend.

Good Friday on 14 April and Easter Monday on 17 April, this is considerably later than 2016 when the Easter bank holiday fell in March.

The date of Easter is determined by the use of solar and lunar calendars – as a general rule, Easter falls on the first Sunday following the first full moon after 21 March.

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