Bank holiday

What is Bank holiday?

A bank holiday is a public holiday on which banks and most businesses close; the term is used mainly in the UK and Ireland, and the days are set nationally or by region.

"Bank holiday" is the everyday UK term for what most countries call a public holiday. There are eight or so a year in England and Wales, with different sets in Scotland and Northern Ireland, which already trips up teams that assume one list covers the whole UK.

For a cross-border team it gets harder: bank holidays do not line up with public holidays elsewhere, so the absence calendar has to hold the right set per country. HREvio imports public holidays for 48 countries automatically, so UK bank holidays and other national holidays land on the calendar without anyone maintaining them by hand.

Related terms

• Public holidays
• Statutory annual leave
• Holiday entitlement

See also

• HREvio vs Breathe HR