Days off from work in 2025: Complete Guide

Working days are 1 of the most crucial aspects of professional and individual planning. In 2025, the Polish calendar offers 13 public holidays, including 2 holidays on Saturday, which obliges employers to designate additional days off for employees. Here is simply a full review of the days off from work in 2025, along with applicable regulations and case law.

Calendar of days off from work in 2025

According to the Act on days off from work, in Poland each calendar year includes 13 holidays:

Mobile Christmas in 2025

In addition to regular holidays, which have a fixed date, there are mobile holidays. In 2025, the dates of these holidays are as follows:

Extra holidays on Saturday

In 2025, 2 holidays come on Saturday: 3 May (National Day of the 3rd May) and 1 November (All Saints). According to Article 130(2) of the Labour Code, the employer must designate additional days off for workers for whom Saturday is simply a day off resulting from an average of 5 days of work week.

Provisions

Article 130(2) of the Labour Code:

‘If, in accordance with the established work organisation or agenda of working time, a individual is obliged to work on the day on which the public vacation is simply a public holiday, that day shall be a public holiday.’

A vacation on a day another than Sunday reduces the working time in a given settlement period by 8 hours. The employer shall designate another day off in the same period as the holiday. If he does not do so, the worker is entitled to a claim for additional remuneration for work in overtime.

Summary of days off in 2025

In 2025, in addition to 13 public holidays, weekends additionally consist of 115 days off. This means that 250 working days remain, which translates into 2,000 working hours. For employees, this means not only the anticipation of planning holidays, but besides the work of employers to decently manage working time in accordance with legal provisions.

Keeping the balance between work and remainder is crucial to the wellness and efficiency of workers. It is so crucial that both employees and employers are aware of their rights and obligations in terms of holidays.

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Legal basis:

• Act of 1 December 2022 amending the Act – Labour Code and any another laws (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 240)
• Law of 18 January 1951 on public holidays, i.e. of 31 July 2023 (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 1465)

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