11 official public holidays in 2016, with 0 still ahead and around 254 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Jan 1 | Friday | New Year's Day Nieuwjaarsdag | Public |
| Fri, Mar 25 | Friday | Good Friday Goede Vrijdag | School, Authorities, Observance |
| Sun, Mar 27 | Sunday | Easter Sunday Eerste Paasdag | Public |
| Mon, Mar 28 | Monday | Easter Monday Tweede Paasdag | Public |
| Wed, Apr 27 | Wednesday | King's Day Koningsdag | Public |
| Thu, May 5 | Thursday | Ascension Day Hemelvaartsdag | Public |
| Thu, May 5 | Thursday | Liberation Day Bevrijdingsdag | School, Authorities |
| Sun, May 15 | Sunday | Pentecost Eerste Pinksterdag | Public |
| Mon, May 16 | Monday | Whit Monday Tweede Pinksterdag | Public |
| Sun, Dec 25 | Sunday | Christmas Day Eerste Kerstdag | Public |
| Mon, Dec 26 | Monday | St. Stephen's Day Tweede Kerstdag | Public |
Fri, Jan 1 · Friday
New Year's Day
Nieuwjaarsdag
Public
Fri, Mar 25 · Friday
Good Friday
Goede Vrijdag
School, Authorities, Observance
Sun, Mar 27 · Sunday
Easter Sunday
Eerste Paasdag
Public
Mon, Mar 28 · Monday
Easter Monday
Tweede Paasdag
Public
Wed, Apr 27 · Wednesday
King's Day
Koningsdag
Public
Thu, May 5 · Thursday
Ascension Day
Hemelvaartsdag
Public
Thu, May 5 · Thursday
Liberation Day
Bevrijdingsdag
School, Authorities
Sun, May 15 · Sunday
Pentecost
Eerste Pinksterdag
Public
Mon, May 16 · Monday
Whit Monday
Tweede Pinksterdag
Public
Sun, Dec 25 · Sunday
Christmas Day
Eerste Kerstdag
Public
Mon, Dec 26 · Monday
St. Stephen's Day
Tweede Kerstdag
Public
Total holidays
11
in 2016
Working days remaining
254
across all of 2016
Upcoming holidays
0
during 2016
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The Netherlands does not have public holidays guaranteed by statute. The Algemene Termijnenwet of 1964 lists eleven algemeen erkende feestdagen for the purpose of moving administrative deadlines, but whether workers actually get paid leave on those days is left entirely to the collective labour agreement (CAO) or the individual employment contract. Liberation Day on 5 May is a paid holiday once every five years for civil servants and in CAOs that adopted the rule, but not in most private sectors. The Dutch list is unusual for omitting Epiphany, Assumption and All Saints; Easter Monday, Whit Monday and Christmas Boxing Day are all included.
The Algemene Termijnenwet defines werkdag as any day other than Saturday, Sunday and the eleven listed feestdagen, used for administrative and procedural deadlines. Civil procedure under article 1 of the Algemene Termijnenwet rolls deadlines from a non-werkdag to the next werkdag. The standard private-sector working week is Monday to Friday, with banks operating Monday to Friday. Statutory annual leave under article 7:634 of the Burgerlijk Wetboek is four times the weekly working hours, so a 40-hour week gives 20 days. Settlement for euro transactions follows TARGET2, which closes on only six days, not the Dutch list.