Public Holiday Calendar for the UK 2024

How many Bank Holidays are there in 2024?

England and Wales have 8 permanent Bank Holidays. These include:

• New Year's Day (Monday 1st January)
• Good Friday (Friday 29th March)
• Easter Monday (Monday 1st April)
• Early May Bank Holiday (Monday 6th May)
• Spring Bank Holiday (Monday 27th May)
• Summer Bank Holiday (Monday 26th August)
• Christmas Day (Wednesday 25th December)
• Boxing Day (Thursday 26th December)

How many Bank Holidays are there in Scotland in 2024?

In Scotland, Easter Monday is not a Bank Holiday. However, an additional New Year's Bank Holiday and Saint Andrew's Day are added to the calendar, bringing the total number of Bank Holidays in Scotland to 9 days.

• New Year's Day (Monday 1st January)
• Second Day of the New Year (Tuesday 2nd January)
• Good Friday (Friday 29th March)
• Early May Bank Holiday (Monday 6th May)
• Spring Bank Holiday (Monday 27th May)
• Summer Bank Holiday (Monday 5th August)
• Saint Andrew's Day (Monday 2nd December)
• Christmas Day (Wednesday 25th December)
• Boxing Day (Thursday 26th December)

How many Bank Holidays are there in Northern Ireland in 2024?

Like Scotland, the list of Bank Holidays in Northern Ireland differs from the rest of the UK. In addition to the 8 Bank Holidays given in England, NI has 2 extra Bank Holidays to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day and the Battle of the Boyne, bringing the total to 10 days.

• New Year's Day (Monday 1st January)
• Saint Patrick's Day (Monday 18th March)
• Good Friday (Friday 29th March)
• Easter Monday (Monday 1st April)
• Early May Bank Holiday (Monday 6th May)
• Spring Bank Holiday (Monday 27th May)
• Battle of the Boyne (Friday 12th July)
• Summer Bank Holiday (Monday 26th August)
• Christmas Day (Wednesday 25th December)
• Boxing Day (Thursday 26th December)

When is the next Bank Holiday in England?

The next bank holiday is Monday 25th December 2023 (Christmas Day).

Which part of the UK has the most Bank Holidays in 2024?

Northern Ireland tops the list for the most Bank Holidays in the UK, at a total of 10 days.

Are all Bank Holidays paid in the UK?

Whether or not employees recieve paid time off for Bank Holidays will depend on their employment contract. Most employers choose to include the Bank Holiday dates in their statutory 5.6 weeks of annual leave that are given by law to all employees.

Should Bank Holidays be included in leave entitlement?

If you're organising your team's calendar for the coming leave year, you'll need to be make sure you've made note of the Bank Holidays across all regions of the UK.

As to whether Bank Holidays are included in an employee's leave entitlement, this will depend on your own company policy.

Whether your business includes Bank Holidays in addition to employees' statutory leave or not, you'll need to make a note of these important dates in your leave management system alongside your team's other leave requests. TimeKeeper's Public Holiday calendar function makes this simple, allowing you to add a list of non-deductible dates to an employee's leave record automatically. The correct Bank Holiday dates will be loaded for the year for each region automatically, and can be edited if needed with additional dates (such as company closure) added too. You can also set whether these dates are unpaid or paid, so that the correct paid leave hours are added to each employee's timesheet.

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