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Public Holidays
Everyone loves a day off. Ensure that your employees get their public holiday entitlements with Softworks Time and Attendance Solutions. With Softworks solutions, you can automatically schedule employees for leave on Public Holidays.
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Softworks Solutions offer a range of rostering/scheduling capabilities depending on your individual requirements; from simple shift based rosters to complex demand driven workforce requirements. With rostering automation from softworks you will always be fully compliant with annual leave allowance for both full and part time employees. Below you will find a list of Public Holidays In Ireland, the UK, Canada and the US. Schedule your employee leave for these public holidays with Softworks Solutions.
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year’s Day |
| 2 Feb | Monday | St. Brigid’s Day |
| 17 Mar | Tuesday | St. Patrick’s Day |
| 6 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday |
| 4 May | Monday | May Day |
| 1 Jun | Monday | June Bank Holiday |
| 3 Aug | Monday | August Bank Holiday |
| 26 Oct | Monday | October Bank Holiday |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day |
| 28 Dec | Monday | St Stephen’s Day (as Dec 26 is a Saturday) |
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year’s Day |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday |
| 6 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday |
| 4 May | Monday | Early May bank holiday |
| 25 May | Monday | Spring bank holiday |
| 31 Aug | Monday | Summer bank holiday |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day |
| 28 Dec | Monday | Boxing Day (as Dec 26 is a Saturday) |
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year’s Day |
| 19 Jan | Monday | Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
| 16 Feb | Monday | Washington’s Birthday (Presidents Day) |
| 25 May | Monday | Memorial Day |
| 19 Jun | Friday | Juneteenth National Independence Day |
| 3 Jul | Friday | Independence Day (as Jul 4 is a Saturday) |
| 7 Sep | Monday | Labor Day |
| 12 Oct | Monday | Columbus Day |
| 11 Nov | Wednesday | Veterans Day |
| 26 Nov | Thursday | Thanksgiving Day |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day |
| 1 Jan | Thursday | New Year’s Day | National |
| 16 Feb | Monday | Islander Day | Prince Edward Island |
| 16 Feb | Monday | Louis Riel Day | Manitoba |
| 16 Feb | Monday | Heritage Day | Nova Scotia |
| 16 Feb | Monday | Family Day | British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, New Brunswick |
| 16 Mar | Monday | St. Patrick’s Day (Monday closest to Mar 17) | Newfoundland & Labrador |
| 3 Apr | Friday | Good Friday | National except Quebec |
| 6 Apr | Monday | Easter Monday | National |
| 20 Apr | Monday | Saint George’s Day (Monday closest to April 23) | Newfoundland & Labrador |
| 18 May | Monday | Victoria Day | National except Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador |
| 21 Jun | Sunday | National Indigenous Peoples Day | Northwest Territories |
| 24 Jun | Wednesday | St. Jean Baptiste Day | Quebec |
| 1 Jul | Wednesday | Canada Day | National |
| 9 Jul | Thursday | Nunavut Day | Nunavut |
| 13 Jul | Monday | Orangemen’s Day (as Jul 12 is a Sunday) | Newfoundland & Labrador |
| 30 Jul | Wednesday | Regatta Day | Newfoundland & Labrador |
| 3 Aug | Monday | Civic Holiday | Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, New Brunswick, Nunavut |
| 17 Aug | Monday | Discovery Day | Yukon |
| 7 Sep | Monday | Labour Day | National |
| 30 Sep | Wednesday | National Day for Truth & Reconciliation | National, federally regulated workplaces only |
| 12 Oct | Monday | Thanksgiving | National except Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador |
| 11 Nov | Wednesday | Remembrance Day | National except Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia |
| 25 Dec | Friday | Christmas Day | National |
| 28 Dec | Monday | Boxing Day (as Dec 26 is a Saturday) | Ontario |
