St Patrick's Day 2019 falls on a Sunday - can I get the Monday off?

Can you get the Monday off since St Patrick's Day 2019 falls on a Sunday? Work entitlements and public holiday benefits in Ireland explained

It's the age-old question - if a public holiday falls on a weekend, am I entitled to take the next working day off?In Ireland, it's considered a public holiday, of which there are nine each year. Schools and businesses tend to close or have restricted hours on these days.Well, essentially the answer is maybe, depending on your employer.

While you're not automatically able to just not turn up to work the following day, your employer does have to compensate you in some way. Your entitlement to public holidays is set out in the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997. Assuming you qualify you can get one of the following: The following information comes from Citizens' Information and workplacerelations.ie.

"Where the public holiday falls on a day which is not a normal working day for that business employees still have entitlement to benefit . This applied in 2018 when St Patrick’s Day fell on a Saturday. Note that where a public holiday falls on a weekend, you do not have any automatic legal entitlement to have the next working day off work."

So there you have it - make sure you ask for a day off by April 17, get your extra holiday day for the year or claim some cash.Our Irish Mirror Sports Page - which brings you all your Irish and UK sports news - can be found here.The Irish Mirror Twitter account is @IrishMirror while our sports page is @MirrorSportIE.

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