Good Friday - public or bank holiday?

B

Bronte

Registered User
Messages
14,737
This year it's the 22nd April. It's a Church holiday, the banks are closed but it's not a bank holiday. Or is it a public holiday and the banks are open. Can never remember this.

I know that some people work on this day so technically it's a normal working day. Does it mean that the pubs are closed, that hotels are open and that restaurants are closed or open and also the would Dunnes and Penneys be open?
 
I don't think it's a bank holiday. An awful lot of businesses stay open that would normally close on bank holidays (which are usually a Monday).
 
And what exactly is or isn't open. Banks are closed coz it's a bank holiday but workplaces are open because it's not a public holiday, but what about restaurants and hotels?
 
It's a normal working day for many in the services sector. Since you mention hotels and restaurants, there is the no-alcohol aspect of Good Friday to remember.

But that could, and probably has, deserve it's own thread.
 
It's up to each individual business to open or not. In some cases, eg offices & govt buildings, the day is traditionally given as a extra paid days holiday but it is actually at the discretion of the employer, subject to a potential court challenge under the law in relation to common practices eventually forming part of your contract.
 
Bronte said:
This year it's the 22nd April. It's a Church holiday, the banks are closed but it's not a bank holiday. Or is it a public holiday and the banks are open. Can never remember this.

I know that some people work on this day so technically it's a normal working day. Does it mean that the pubs are closed, that hotels are open and that restaurants are closed or open and also the would Dunnes and Penneys be open?
Click to expand...

Dunnes, Penneys and all shopping centres would be open. Most restaurants would open too (in my locality anyway)
 
its a Bank Holiday but not your typical one. Most schools close, all pubs except if you're in Limerick on a big match day are closed. No entitlement to get off work.
 
The term Bank Holiday has no legal meaning at all.
Good Friday is not a public holiday. It is a normal work day, but a lot of businesses close, for tradition.

The only legal restriction on Good Friday, is that alcohol cannot be sold, so restaurants that open will not be serving alcohol. Youcould rant abnout that all day,
if you had the time or energy....
 
The annual entitlement to holiday leave is = 4 working weeks in a leave year in which he or she works at least 1,365 hours .

This is 20 days , and in my employment one of the days include 1/2 day Good Friday and 1/2 day Christmas Eve .

Good Friday is not a public holiday. While some schools and businesses close on that day, you have no automatic entitlement to time off work on that day.

The Banks alway's close on Good Friday .
 
allthedoyles said:
While some schools and businesses close on that day
Click to expand...

All primary schools and secondary schools will be closed on the day and always have been.

Good Friday is right smack in the middle of the Easter holidays. Easter closures are also now part of the prescribed standardised school year so staying open can't be an option for any school.
 
It's recorded as a concession day for me (admin HSE). Staff such as nursing, medics are expected to work as normal.

A friend of mine told me that years ago, bank staff were required to come into work but the bank wasn't open to the public.

I remember shops closing for a few hours during the 'holy' time and re-opening later. I know a few people in the private sector who get it off. Some have to take annual leave, others get it in addition to their annual leave.

But as other posters point out there is no automatic entitlement.
 
PaddyBloggit said:
All primary schools and secondary schools will be closed on the day and always have been.

Good Friday is right smack in the middle of the Easter holidays. Easter closures are also now part of the prescribed standardised school year so staying open can't be an option for any school.
Click to expand...

Wrong Paddy - Yeats College in Waterford/Galway are open on Friday 22nd April and indeed are always open on Good Fridays for Easter revision courses .

So some schools are open on Good Friday .
 
I'm still right ... DES funded schools in the primary, secondary and vocational sectors are closed Good Friday ... always have been and still do because of the standardised school closure arrangements.

What individual schools (DES funded) do about revision etc. is their own business but they can't be officially open if DES funded.

Yeats' College is private so it's not subject to the standardised school year. It can work Christmas Day if it wants.

I should have, perhaps, clarified my posting more but I was commenting on the public system which is in the majority so I didn't see any need for a clarification.

Let me clarify myself ... I was commenting on the majority of schools which operate under DES rules & regulations. I wasn't commenting on private schools.
 
My diary only refers to Public Holidays, not Bank Holidays

Good Friday is a bank holiday because the banks are closed but it is NOT a public holiday

Just like 27-Dec
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top