France Public Holiday 2019

Public Holidays in France for 2019

France has 11 public holidays every year. However, only Labor Day is a statutory holiday. The entitlement to paid holidays and conditions that work on French national holidays depends on the employee-employer contract discretion or union.

The majority of these holidays are applicable across nations, but two regions have extra public holidays each. France used to be a territory of Germany, and it retained the two holidays after rejoining France when World War I ended.

In case the national holiday is on a Sunday, the following Monday is when it will be observed or celebrated. However, there is no extra day in the week. If the holiday is on a Tuesday or Thursday, employees have a bridge holiday and create a long weekend.

Read on to find out more about this.

 

What Employers Must Know About France Public Holidays 2019

All employees must be given public holiday compensation after they have been employed for a month. The French law says that work must stop and employees should receive pay for May Day only, which is called Fete du Travail. Other paid holidays are only based on the employer’s discretion. If the holiday happens to be a Sunday, there is no time off to compensate for this. If the public holiday is a Thursday, the majority of businesses let employees consider Friday a “bridge” day, which allows a four-day weekend.

Some companies during this time will officially be closed, and you are going to find a lot of small shops, local providers, and restaurants closed.

For companies that adopted 35 hours of work a week, it is being managed by the introduction of more extended vacations. It is important, but the company decides when employees may take these days.

 

Dates of the France Public Holiday 2019

Date	Day/s	Holiday	Type
1 January	Tuesday	New Year’s Day	National
20 March	Wednesday	March Equinox	Season
31 March	Daylight Savings Time Starts	Clock change/daylight saving time	Observance
19 April	Friday	Good Friday	National
21 April	Sunday	Easter Sunday	National
22 April	Monday	Easter Monday	National
1 May	Wednesday	Labor Day / May Day	National
8 May	Friday	WWII Victory Day	National
30 May	Thursday	Ascension Day	National
9 June	Sunday	Whit Sunday	Observance
10 June	Monday	Whit Monday	National
16 June	Sunday	Father’s Day	Observance
21 June	Friday	June Solstice	Season
14 July	Sunday	Bastille Day	National
15 August	Saturday	Assumption of Mary	National
23 September	Monday	September Equinox	Season
1 November	Friday	All Saints’ Day	National
11 November	Monday	Armistice Day	National
21 December	Monday	December Solstice	Season
24 December	Tuesday	Christmas Eve	Observance
25 December	Wednesday	Christmas Day	National
26 December	Thursday	St. Stephen’s Day	Local
31 December	Tuesday	New Year’s Eve	Observance

 

The number of days must not be more than 24 working days if the employee decides to take leave. Also, the employee must consume 12 working days of the leading vacation all at once. The main holiday that exceeds 12 working days can be split up by an employer if the employees agree and they receive a month of prior notice. The 5th week of leave should be separately taken of the main holidays, which is usually in August.

 

Benefits of Employees During France Public Holidays 2020

The appreciation of annual leave on a reference period that starts from June 1st to the year before May 31st of the current year is generally calculated in terms of working days. In this period, an employee will accrue a paid leave of 2.5 working days’ given paid leave every month. Consequently, an employee who works 12 months may be given an annual leave of at least 30 days.

An employee receives 1/10 payment of their regular salary in the yearly reference period during a holiday. This amount may not be less than what is enumerated by what the employee should receive if he/she continued working in that period. Therefore, employers must figure out which is more favourable among the two so the employee can set to indemnity.

 

Doing Business in France

France is a modern country with one of the biggest economies in the world. Aside from that, it leads among the European nations. France has a rich history, and it is very independent. It has an intelligent workforce that only delivers top-quality output. France ranks sixth in productivity.

If you are still thinking of reasons why setting up a business in France, the purposes mentioned here are enough.