Good Friday

wicklowwonder

I know Good Friday isn't a Public Holiday but is there nay rules around working on the day? For example if you were holy would you have to be given time off to go to services?

seamus

No. If you want to attend Mass during working hours, you must take it out of your annual leave unless your employer is willing to otherwise let you off.

wicklowwonder

so it literally is just a full working day no chance of a few hours off!

seamus

Yep, just another working day. For most anyway, it's a mandatory holiday in my place.

wicklowwonder

yeah full working day but the poxy trains are on Sunday timetable which is a complete pain in the ass......

rivalius13

wicklowwonder wrote: »

yeah full working day but the poxy trains are on Sunday timetable which is a complete pain in the ass......

I like how you went from "I have to get to Mass, surely they'll let me go for a wee pray?!?" to "Ahh for ****s sake, stupid trains..."

wicklowwonder

rivalius13 wrote: »

I like how you went from "I have to get to Mass, surely they'll let me go for a wee pray?!?" to "Ahh for ****s sake, stupid trains..."

Trains more important to my daily life than praying.... I was just going take a few hours off have a long lunch if I could as everyone else I know seems to be off!!

Nodster

Due to a restructure in work, I opted to go on a 4 day week and now work Monday to Thursday - am I entitled to take say Thursday off seeing that the rest of my colleagues [who work a 5 day week] have Good Friday off ??

fee fi fo fum

Mundane question alert: Is there post on Good Friday?

Slightly concerned 'bout my online orders dropping in time for the long wknd.

Thanks:o

Tarquin1970

wicklowwonder wrote: »

I know Good Friday isn't a Public Holiday but is there nay rules around working on the day? For example if you were holy would you have to be given time off to go to services?

Not a public holiday, but all post offices, social welfare offices and other state offices will be closed/have the day off. Shouldn't it now be a public holiday since we own all of the banks?

d1975

wicklowwonder wrote: »

yeah full working day but the poxy trains are on Sunday timetable which is a complete pain in the ass......

Trains won't be working a Sunday service, maybe Saturday service, I know Dart will run Saturday service and other trains may run Saturday service http://www.irishrail.ie/news_centre/news.asp?action=view&news_id=1055

Shelflife

No post on good friday.

No Mass on good friday either

seamus

Nodster wrote: »

Due to a restructure in work, I opted to go on a 4 day week and now work Monday to Thursday - am I entitled to take say Thursday off seeing that the rest of my colleagues [who work a 5 day week] have Good Friday off ??

Short answer, no.

The business is closed on Friday, but you don't work Fridays so it doesn't affect you. Many places (mine included) take the day off out of our standard holiday entitlement. So you're not losing out there either.

However, if the company give everyone the day off, and pay them all for the day without affecting their standard holiday entitlements, you could make a reasonable request for four-fifth's of a day's additional annual leave. Or four-fifth's of a day's pay.

Only a request really though. As it's not a statutory holiday, you have no right to be given the same benefits as your colleagues.

xxlauraxxox

There are 9 public holidays in Ireland each year. Public holidays in Ireland (as in other countries) may commemorate a special day or other event, for example, St Patrick's Day (17 March) or Christmas Day (25 December). On a public holiday, sometimes called a bank holiday, most businesses and schools close. Other services, for example, public transport still operate but often with restricted schedules. The list of public holidays in Ireland each year is as follows:

• New Year's Day (1 January)
• St. Patrick's Day (17 March)
• Easter Monday
• First Monday in May, June, August
• Last Monday in October
• Christmas Day (25 December)
• St. Stephen's Day (26 December)

Good Friday is not a public holiday. While some schools and businesses close on that day, you have no automatic entitlement to time off work on that day

if it any consolation im working all day and saturday sunday and monday too the joys of working in retail management

Bubblegums

http://www.employmentrights.ie/en/

Not entitled to anything for Good Friday by law and if your employers have put people on reduced hours etc it is highly unlikely they will admit to having the funds to pay you for Good Friday. It's a fairly quiet day where I work so we find it's best to go in to work and end up being sent home at lunch time and it's not taken from your annual leave stash

If you don't usually/never work Mondays please be aware that you are entitled to 1/5 One Fifth of your weekly wage for Bank Holiday Mondays, under employment law.

This applies to all Bank Holidays/Public Holidays that fall on days you don't usually work... ie if you don't work on a Friday and St Patrick's Day/Christmas Day etc falls on a Friday, you are entitled to your 1/5 for that day...

Alot of people will have this problem after being put on 3-4 day week by their employers (blamed on the recession :rolleyes: ) and lots of employers wrongly think that because you don't usually work it you are not entitled to any payment.

Remember, it's 1/5 of your normal weekly wage... ie if you get 300 for 3 days you are entitled to 300 divided by 5 = 60, plus your usual 3 days wages = 300+60=360 (less normal deductions naturally)

As you know, if you are signing 2 days etc, the government won't pay you the Bank Holiday/Public Holiday but they have made it law that your boss does pay you something :P

doolox

I used to work Shifts on Good Friday as it is no good being off as a lot of entertainment places are closed and nothing happens.
Better off to keep time off for better days.

stdidit

With regards working Good Friday, can anyone tell me if my employers can force me to take the day off?
I work as a tech support agent and the company that my team supports will be closed so im nearly 100% sure that my employers are going to force me to take the day off and the day would come out of my annual leave.

Are they allowed to do this does anyone know, is their a law governing it, would it be in my contract somewhere or is it at my employers discretion?

I would prefer to work the day and keep my holiday for when i need it later in ther year.

Eoin

Employers are allowed to choose when you take your leave - our places closes Good Friday and Christmas Eve and that comes out of our annual leave. But there might be some rules about how much notice they must give you to take the day off, not too sure.

stdidit

Thanks Eoin, ive only been told this morning that I have to take it off, but knew it was coming. If they are allowed to choose when I take my leave then I guess i'll just accept it and enjoy a 4-day weekend.

Duggys Housemate

Its a funny one. Supposedly "secular" England gets it off as a full blown holiday, making Easter always a 4 day event. It is the first long weekend of the year though, and can come as late as late April ( whereupon, if so, it is immediately followed by two in May, for God knows what reason).

EDIT:


This year, late May has moved to June, and is followed by the Queen's jubilee, bless her precious holiday giving heart.

touchwood

Work part time in a pub, closed on Friday, am I entitled to any pay?

JP Liz V1

Just curious can your boss force you to work tomorrow and fire you if you don't?

Eoin

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Just curious can your boss force you to work tomorrow and fire you if you don't?

It'd be handled the same as not turning up to work any other normal working day.