King’s Day is a national holiday and therefore one of the seven regular public holidays per year. However, nobody is allowed to leave legally these days. And more and more people are working while we are almost completely free. According to employment conditions adviser AWVN, it has more to do with the 24-hour economy, which has now become a seven-day economy.
“King’s Day is a day off unless duty calls for it,” says an AWVN spokesperson. “There are more and more exceptions. The Netherlands is a service economy, so these services must be provided on days when others are free.”
Supermarket employees can now work 365 days a year. “People want to be able to go to the supermarket every day of the week, including holidays,” said the spokesperson. “On the other hand, there are always people who want to work on those days.”
Whether or not a person is paid on a generally recognized holiday depends on the terms of employment that have been agreed. “If someone works on a day that has been established in the collective labor agreement as a public holiday, the compensation for this is determined in the same collective labor agreement.”
You can get a supplement or get the remaining day back later.
Generally recognized public holidays in the Netherlands are New Year’s Day, Easter Monday and Easter Monday, Ascension Day, Whit Monday and Whit Monday, Christmas Day and the day after Christmas. And then there are two national holidays: King’s Day and Independence Day every five years.
More and more people want it to be a holiday every year.
Source: NU
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