13 official public holidays in 2016, with 0 still ahead and around 252 working days remaining.
| Date | Day | Holiday | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri, Jan 1 | Friday | New Year's Day Nowy Rok | Public |
| Wed, Jan 6 | Wednesday | Epiphany Święto Trzech Króli | Public |
| Sun, Mar 27 | Sunday | Easter Sunday Wielkanoc | Public |
| Mon, Mar 28 | Monday | Easter Monday Drugi Dzień Wielkanocy | Public |
| Sun, May 1 | Sunday | May Day Święto Pracy | Public |
| Tue, May 3 | Tuesday | Constitution Day Święto Konstytucji 3 Maja | Public |
| Sun, May 15 | Sunday | Pentecost Zielone Świątki | Public |
| Thu, May 26 | Thursday | Corpus Christi Boże Ciało | Public |
| Mon, Aug 15 | Monday | Assumption Day Wniebowzięcie Najświętszej Maryi Panny | Public |
| Tue, Nov 1 | Tuesday | All Saints' Day Wszystkich Świętych | Public |
| Fri, Nov 11 | Friday | Independence Day Narodowe Święto Niepodległości | Public |
| Sun, Dec 25 | Sunday | Christmas Day Boże Narodzenie | Public |
| Mon, Dec 26 | Monday | St. Stephen's Day Drugi Dzień Bożego Narodzenia | Public |
Fri, Jan 1 · Friday
New Year's Day
Nowy Rok
Public
Wed, Jan 6 · Wednesday
Epiphany
Święto Trzech Króli
Public
Sun, Mar 27 · Sunday
Easter Sunday
Wielkanoc
Public
Mon, Mar 28 · Monday
Easter Monday
Drugi Dzień Wielkanocy
Public
Sun, May 1 · Sunday
May Day
Święto Pracy
Public
Tue, May 3 · Tuesday
Constitution Day
Święto Konstytucji 3 Maja
Public
Sun, May 15 · Sunday
Pentecost
Zielone Świątki
Public
Thu, May 26 · Thursday
Corpus Christi
Boże Ciało
Public
Mon, Aug 15 · Monday
Assumption Day
Wniebowzięcie Najświętszej Maryi Panny
Public
Tue, Nov 1 · Tuesday
All Saints' Day
Wszystkich Świętych
Public
Fri, Nov 11 · Friday
Independence Day
Narodowe Święto Niepodległości
Public
Sun, Dec 25 · Sunday
Christmas Day
Boże Narodzenie
Public
Mon, Dec 26 · Monday
St. Stephen's Day
Drugi Dzień Bożego Narodzenia
Public
Total holidays
13
in 2016
Working days remaining
252
across all of 2016
Upcoming holidays
0
during 2016
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Poland recognises thirteen public holidays under the Act on Days Free from Work of 18 January 1951, last substantially amended in 2010. The list is heavily Catholic (Epiphany, Easter Monday, Corpus Christi, Assumption of Mary, All Saints', Christmas Day, Saint Stephen's Day) plus civic dates including Constitution Day on 3 May commemorating Europe's first modern written constitution of 1791, Independence Day on 11 November marking the 1918 restoration of Polish statehood, and Labour Day on 1 May. Epiphany was restored to the list in 2011 after a 50-year absence, and Christmas Eve was added as a public holiday by the Sejm in 2024 effective 2025.
Poland's Labour Code in article 129 sets a 40-hour, five-day average working week, almost universally Monday to Friday in offices. Article 132 requires at least 11 hours of daily rest. The Code of Civil Procedure article 115 rolls deadlines falling on a Saturday or a statutory non-working day to the next working day. Settlement of zloty transactions runs on the Narodowy Bank Polski's SORBNET2 high-value system and the National Clearing House Elixir system, both of which observe the thirteen-day public holiday list.