Check whether a worker qualifies for a public holiday and what they are owed, under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997. Works for full-time, part-time and casual staff.
Check whether a worker qualifies for a public holiday and what they are owed, under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997. Works for full-time, part-time and casual staff.
Full-time workers qualify for public holiday benefit straight away. Part-time and casual workers qualify once they have worked at least 40 hours for the employer in the 5 weeks before the public holiday. Annual leave taken in those weeks counts toward the 40 hours.
New Year's Day, St Brigid's Day (the first Monday in February, or 1 February if it falls on a Friday), St Patrick's Day, Easter Monday, the first Monday in May, June and August, the last Monday in October, Christmas Day and St Stephen's Day. Good Friday is not a public holiday.
For agency workers, the agency as the employer pays the benefit. See public holiday pay for agency and temp workers.
Running this across hundreds of workers? A1ROTime holds the public holiday dates and each client's rules, and works out who is owed what on every signed timesheet.
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A1ROTime knows every Irish public holiday and each client's pay rules, so holiday pay and premiums are right on every signed timesheet.
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