Public holidays under lockdown

The upcoming Easter public holidays are:

• Friday 10 April
• Monday 13 April

Your rights under the Holidays Act remain the same under lockdown. Specifically, our advice is that:

• The Covid-19 lockdown does not change any law around public holidays (or any employment law)
• The lockdown does not change 'what is otherwise a working day'
• If you work on a public holiday you are still entitled to time and a half and an alternative holiday (unless you don't normally work Friday/Monday in which case you will just get the time and a half)
• If you don't work on the public holidays you are entitled to a paid day off (unless you don't normally work Friday/Monday)
• If you have made alternative arrangements with your employer about your pay during the lockdown (as part of the wage subsidy for example) then these still need to be met; you can't be paid less than what was agreed because there are public holidays.