Lees deze informatie in het Nederlands. There is no law that says employees must be given a day off work on certain public holidays. So no one has a legal right to a day off on a public holiday. Your collective labour agreement or employment contract will tell you if you have the day off on public holidays. Public holidays may have an impact if you are required to make a payment or submit a response within a certain period in Dutch. If such a period set by law ends on a Saturday, a Sunday or an official public holiday, the period will be extended until the next day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or an official public holiday.

If you work on a public holiday, you are often entitled to extra pay. Finally, as an employee, you are also entitled to holiday leave. Additionally, the Netherlands also has a number of holidays that are not legally recognised e.

The second day of Pentecost in the Netherlands is a popular day for outdoor activities, markets, sailing and other sports. It falls on a Monday seven weeks after Easter Monday. Whit Monday is a public holiday.