Spain Public Holidays: National, Regional and Local Days Explained
Spain caps paid public holidays at fourteen a year, but which fourteen depends on your region and your town. Here is how the three layers fit…
Guides to holidays, working days and planning
Plain-language explainers with worked examples: how holiday systems work country by country, how to count working days properly, and how to plan leave and teams around them.
FTE Capacity Planning With Public Holidays: A Practical Method
A team of 5.4 FTE does not have 5.4 times the working days of one person in every month. Holidays that land on part-timers' working days and fixed…
France Public Holidays: The 11 Jours Feries, Alsace-Moselle and Ponts
France has eleven national public holidays, but only one is a guaranteed day off for every employee. Add Alsace-Moselle and the habit of bridging,…
Australia Public Holidays by State and Territory: A Practical Guide
Australia shares a handful of national holidays, but Labour Day alone falls on four different dates across the country. Here is how state and…
How to Stretch Annual Leave Using Public Holidays
Annual leave is a fixed number. How many days off it buys is not. A simple method for placing leave next to public holidays, worked through for 2027.
Germany Public Holidays by State: Federal Rules vs the Lander
Only one German public holiday is set by federal law. The rest belong to the 16 states, which is why a Munich office and a Hamburg office can have…
Nordic Midsummer and the Long Summer Holiday: A Planning Guide
Midsummer Eve barely appears in some official holiday lists, yet offices in Sweden and Finland empty. Then comes a summer holiday season measured in…
China's Adjusted Working Days: How Make-Up Weekends Work
China turns a few statutory holidays into week-long breaks by swapping weekdays for weekend working days. That swap catches out deadlines, payroll…
Netherlands Public Holidays: King's Day, Liberation Day and the Rules
Dutch law recognises a list of public holidays but does not oblige employers to give them off. King's Day and Liberation Day show how much depends on…
Bridge Days: Turn One Leave Day into Four
When a public holiday lands on a Tuesday or Thursday, a single day of leave can close the gap to the weekend. Here is how bridge days work and how to…
Public Holiday Pay: Paid Days Off, Premium Pay and Time in Lieu
Holiday pay is usually built from three ingredients: the paid day off, a premium for working, and time back later. How they combine depends on the…
Monday Holidays: Why So Many Countries Pin Holidays to Mondays
Many countries have decided that a holiday is more useful on a Monday than on its historical date. Here is how the main Monday systems work and what…