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Q. I am a shop assistant and I had to work on Monday 2
January. My employer said that as New Year’s Day was on a Sunday the
Monday was not a public holiday and we had to come to work. Is that
right?
21.03.12
Your employer is right that Monday 2 January 2012 was not a
public holiday and your employer could ask you to work that day.
However, you are entitled to a day’s pay, or a day of annual leave
or a paid day off for that New Year’s Day public holiday.
If you have a problem in getting your public holiday entitlement
from your employer Workplace Relations Customer Services may be able
to help you. Since January 2012 it is a new single point of contact
and provides information about employment, equality and industrial
relations rights and obligations. It also receives employment rights
and equality complaints and deals with enquiries about the status of
complaints and complaints procedures.
You can contact it in a number of different ways: WRCS operates a
lo-call information helpline 1890 80 80 90, from 9.30am to 5.00pm
weekdays. It can also respond to written queries. You can either
email them using the online enquiry form or you can write to them at
Workplace Relations Customer Services, Department of Jobs,
Enterprise and Innovation, O’Brien Road, Carlow. You can also find
information on employment, equality and industrial relations
legislation on the website
www.workplacerelations.ie
.
If you are making a claim for your public holiday entitlement you
should use the new single complaint form and guidance notes which
can be downloaded from
www.workplacerelations.ie .
Citizens Information: Buncrana 074 9363496; Carndonagh 074 9373741
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