Planning a holiday for 2025 should start by checking the calendar of non-working days. After the recent changes in the establishment of Christmas Eve as a day off, there are 14 public holidays in Poland, which are public holidays. Proper planning of the holiday allows you to extend the rest period without having to use a large number of vacation days. Let's check how the non-working days in 2025 are arranged and when is the best time to plan a holiday.
Non-working days in Poland in 2025 – full list of public holidays
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- 1 January (Wednesday) - New Year's Day
- 6 January (Monday) – Epiphany
- April 20 (Sunday) – Easter
- April 21 (Monday) – Easter Monday
- 1 May (Thursday) – Labour Day
- 3 May (Saturday) – Constitution Day of 3 May
- June 8 (Sunday) – Pentecost
- June 19 (Thursday) – Corpus Christi
- August 15 (Friday) – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
- November 1 (Saturday) – All Saints' Day
- 11 November (Tuesday) – National Independence Day
- December 24 (Wednesday) - Christmas Eve
- December 25 (Thursday) – Christmas Day (first day)
- 26 December (Friday) – Christmas Day (second day)
Non-working days in Poland - what about Christmas Eve?
On 1 February 2025, an amendment to the Act on non-working days came into force, under which Christmas Eve will be a non-working day in 2025 and in subsequent years from this year. Thanks to this change, the number of public holidays increased from 13 to 14.
What is the best way to plan your leave in 2025?
Long weekends in 2025:
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- New Year's Day and Epiphany – It is enough to take four days off (January 2-3 and 7-10) to gain as many as 10 days off.
- May – May 1 falls on a Thursday, so by taking a holiday on May 2 (Friday), you can enjoy a four-day weekend. May 3 falls on a Saturday this year, so your employer will have to designate a day off for collection.
- Corpus Christi – The holiday falls on Thursday (June 19), which gives you a great opportunity to extend the weekend if you take Friday off.
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – August 15 falls on a Friday, which automatically means a long weekend without the need to take a holiday.
- Christmas with Christmas Eve – that is, December 24, 25 and 26, so including the weekend, our Christmas rest in 2025 will last as long as 5 days.
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Holidays falling on Saturdays
In 2025, two holidays – Constitution Day of 3 May and All Saints' Day – fall on a Saturday, which means that employees are entitled to an additional day off work to be collected. According to the provisions of the Labour Code, if a holiday falls on a non-working day other than Sunday, the employer is obliged to set a different time off in the same settlement period. The employer does not have to agree this decision with the employees, and information about the designated day off should be provided in the form of an ordinance, announcement or other method adopted in the company.
Alternatively, an employer may allow employees to choose their own day off for a holiday that falls on a Saturday. Failure to grant an additional day off in a given settlement period would result in exceeding the normative working time, which would entail the need to pay remuneration for overtime work.
Holidays that fall on Sundays
Two of the 14 public holidays in 2025 fall on a Sunday – Easter Sunday and Pentecost. These are movable holidays that always fall on this day of the week, so they do not reduce working hours. According to the Labour Code, employees are not entitled to an additional day off for them.
Working time in Poland in 2025
According to the Polish Labour Code, the working time may not exceed 8 hours per day and an average of 40 hours per week with an average 5-day work system in a fixed settlement period. In most companies, public holidays are Saturday and Sunday. In addition, there are 14 public holidays in 2025, which increase the number of non-working days.
In 2025, employees will work 249 days, and the total number of days off (including Saturdays, Sundays and holidays) will be 116.
To calculate the number of working hours in individual months, the following scheme should be used:
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- The number of full weeks in a given settlement period is multiplied by 40 hours. For a monthly billing period, the calculation is as follows: 4 weeks × 40 hours = 160 hours.
- To the obtained value, we add the number of days extending beyond full weeks, multiplying them by 8 hours.
- We subtract 8 hours from the result for each public holiday that falls on a day other than Sunday.
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Working time in 2025 broken down by month (monthly settlement period)
Working time broken down into three-month settlement periods
Summary
2025 brings several favorable arrangements of days off, especially in January, June, August and December. By planning your vacation in advance, you can effectively extend your rest without excessive use of vacation days. It is worth considering the best dates for holidays or short trips now!
Time Harmony – a convenient tool for planning working time
Planning holidays and organizing working time in accordance with the provisions of the Labor Code can be easier thanks to the Time Harmony system. This modern tool allows employers to effectively manage schedules, taking into account holidays, vacations and working time limits. With automated reminders and data analysis, the system supports labor compliance while increasing transparency and automating scheduling processes.
Flexible billing periods in Time Harmony
Time Harmony enables flexible management of working time by defining different billing periods for individual departments in the organization. The system allows you to set different settlement periods, e.g. monthly, quarterly or four-monthly, within one organization, depending on the specifics of a given team. This allows companies to precisely adjust schedules, working time settlements and reporting to internal needs and applicable labor law regulations.
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