Unlike Good Friday, Easter Monday is a statutory bank holiday meaning the vast majority of public workers will be off on April 21. Good Friday is a Bank Holiday but is not a statutory public holiday, so only banks, schools and post offices were guaranteed closed on Friday. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW Unfortunately, we’re not all guaranteed to have a day off on Bank Holiday Monday as some shops and many pubs, restaurants and hotel will still be open. Unlike Good Friday, Easter Monday is a pubic holiday meaning the vast majority of public workers will be off on April 21. Pic: Getty Images That said, if you’ve drawn the short straw and you’re working this Bank Holiday Monday, you are entitled to some kind of compensation. If you don’t get a paid day off on the Monday, you are entitled to either an extra day’s pay or a day back in lieu of the public holiday. This should be within a month of the public holiday. Alternatively, you could be allowed to take an extra day for annual leave. Unfortunately, we’re not all guaranteed to have a day off on Bank Holiday Monday as some shops and many pubs, restaurants and hotel will still be open. Pic: Getty Images Citizens Information outlines that part-time staff are entitled to benefit when they have worked a total of 40 hours in the previous five weeks. They add that should a part-timer meet the stipulation they are paid for the day even if they do not work. If they do work they will be entitled to an additional day’s pay. ‘If you don’t normally work on a certain day but it’s a public holiday, you should get paid one-fifth of your weekly pay,’ they said. This is regardless of if you never work bank holidays. Employees on sick leave are still entitled to benefit for the public holiday they have missed. Again, for part-time staff this is the case if they have worked at least 40 hours in the previous five-week period. Here is the full list of bank holidays in Ireland for 2025: