PUBLIC HOLIDAYS 2022. Ascension, Pentecost, All Saints’ Day, Christmas… Consult and download the free calendar containing all the dates of the next 2022 public holidays.
[Mis à jour le 21 décembre 2021 à 15h35] The Christmas holidays run until January 3 for zone A, B and C. Consult our free calendar which contains the dates of the 2022 public holidays to come in order to plan a long weekend in France or in Europe. We also give you the list of the best days to ask in 2022 to bridge the gap and enjoy more vacations thanks to the public holidays.
What are the next public holidays in France?
The next public holiday is Saturday December 25, 2021, Christmas Day. Then January 1, New Years Day, will also fall on a Saturday. Consult the 2021-2022 school holidays calendar which contains the dates of the next public holidays in France.
What are the public holidays in 2022? All dates
Discover the list of the 11 2022 public holidays below in order to better prepare your future trips and long weekends:
- Saturday January 1, 2022: New Year
- Monday April 18, 2022: Easter Monday
- Sunday May 1, 2022: Labor Day
- Sunday May 8, 2022: Armistice 1945
- Thursday May 26, 2022: Ascension
- Monday June 6, 2022: Whit Monday
- Thursday July 14, 2022: National day
- Monday August 15, 2022: Assumption
- Tuesday November 1, 2022: Toussaint
- Friday November 11, 2022: Armistice 1918
- Sunday December 25, 2022: Christmas
Are there any bridges in 2022? The calendar, the dates of the public holidays not to be missed
- April 2022 : Easter Monday falls on the 18th. Placing on Friday April 15 will allow you to benefit from a four-day weekend.
- May 2022 : the Ascension Thursday falling on June 26, also pose on Friday 27 to enjoy a four day long weekend
- June 2022 : by posing on Friday June 3, you can treat yourself to a small four-day weekend until Monday June 6
- July 2022 : the national holiday will be celebrated on Thursday, July 14. If possible, ask on Friday the 15th to take advantage of four days of rest
- August 2022 : put down your previous Friday to enjoy a long weekend with the Assumption of Monday August 15
- November 2022 : Tuesday November 1 and Friday November 11 are an opportunity to ask a day
How many public holidays are there in France each year?
Public holidays commemorate a civil or religious holiday or even a significant event, the list of which is defined by the Labor Code. In France, the year has 11 public holidays, compared to 10 in Belgium, 12 in Spain and 9 in Germany. In Europe, it is the Cypriots who benefit from the most public holidays with 15 days per year. Conversely, in the United Kingdom, there are only 8. These dates were determined according to the history and culture of the countries. There are therefore two types of public holidays here, civilians and religious. There are 5 civil holidays: the holiday of the New Year since the 1st Empire in 1810, the May 1 (Labor Day) declared non-working in 1919, on May 8 which commemorates the surrender of Germany, on July 14 which celebrates the capture of the Bastille and who has been unemployed since July 6, 1880, and November 11, Armistice Day of the First World War. And 6 religious festivals: Assumption, Ascension, All Saints, Christmas, Pentecost and Easter are the 6 religious holidays in France. The first four became public holidays from 1802 following the signing of the Concordat between Bonaparte and the papacy. Easter Monday and Pentecost Monday were added in 1886. Note: there are some local peculiarities: in Alsace-Moselle, the Good Friday and December 26 are also public holidays and in the overseas departments, we commemorate the abolition of slavery.
Are statutory holidays paid?
May 1, Labor Day, is in France the only mandatory day off and paid by companies (but there may be professions that are exceptions.) For other public holidays, the law provides that when the day n is not worked in a company, the employee must be paid from 3 months of seniority. If the public holiday is worked, the employer is not obliged to pay his employee more, on the other hand some collective agreements provide for an increase. It is therefore advisable to consult your collective agreement to know your situation. With regard to bridges, there is no obligation for the employer to grant them. If the collective agreement does not specify this particularity, the employer remains free to decide. In any case, he is not forced to pay his employee that day. On the other hand, the employer can impose a bridge on the employees.