Home » Guide to working life » Employment relationships » Holiday and leave » Mid-week public holidays Last updated: 05.06.2024 The impact of mid-week public holidays on the work and on the annual holiday The working time, extra pay, and holiday rules for Christmas, New Year, Epiphany and Easter are different in different collective agreement sectors. In all collective agreement sectors, there are special rules for these that differ from normal everyday work. Employment relationships Employment contracts Basics of employment relationships Termination of employment End of employment Cooperation and change negotiations Layoffs Terms of employment for young people Holiday and leave Getting annual holiday Christmas and New Year – working hours, extras and pay Giving annual holiday Annual holiday for fixed-term work Annual holiday and layoffs Family leave Study leave Mid-week public holidays Sick leave Working time Wages and holiday bonus Orientation to the work Mid-week public holidays are not automatically free for all. Independence Day is the only mid-week holiday that will always be free, based on the law, when the day would have otherwise been a working day for the worker. 100% extra will be paid for work that is done on Sundays, religious holidays, 1 May, and Finnish Independence Day (6 December). Religious holidays are: Christmas Day (25 December) Boxing Day (26 December) New Year’s Day (1 January) The Epiphany (6 January) Good Friday Easter Sunday Easter Monday Ascension Day Whitsunday (Pentecost) Midsummer Day All Saints’ Day. 1 May and Independence Day are not religious holidays, but are similar. PAM has made an agreement with employer organisations on paid holidays that workers will get in connection with mid-week public holidays. The number of free days and the pay for them are different in different sectors. In the collective agreements made by PAM, these are called reduction in working time (työajan lyhennys). Click here to read more about reduction in working time in different sectors. Midsummer checklist Are you working during Midsummer? Read this list for salary changes during Midsummer Rules and extra pay in different sectors See rules for working time, days off and extra pay for weekday public holidays in collective agreement for your sector. See rules in your sector Commerce sector collective agreementAnnual leave systemWeekday public holiday systemDays off on public holiday eves Property services sector collective agreementCompensation for mid-week public holidaysCompensation for eves and certain Saturdays Hotel, restaurant and leisure industry collective agreement for employeesWork on Sundays. public holidays and eves Special pubilc holidays Annual leave system Work on a day off List of all collective agreements (in Finnish) Read more Reduction in working time in the service industries
