Weekend public holidays will be added to leave as government reverses 2005 decision
The Cabinet has decided that public holidays falling on a Saturday and Sunday will be added to the annual vacation leave entitlement from 2021, reversing a decision taken 15 years ago
21 December 2020, 2:16pm
by Kurt Sansone
Public holidays falling on a weekend will be added on to the annual vacation leave as from next year, the government has announced.
Cabinet has approved changes put forward by OPM Minister Carmelo Abela to amend the law on national feasts and public holidays.
This will reverse a decision taken in 2005 to stop awarding additional vacational leave for those public holidays that fell on a Saturday and Sunday.