Major public holidays
- New Year’s Day
- Good Friday
- Easter Sunday
- Whit Sunday
- 17 June- the national day of Iceland
- Christmas Eve, after 12 noon
- Christmas Day
- New Year’s Eve, after 12 noon
All extra work on major public holidays is paid at an hourly rate which is 1.375% of
monthly pay for day work. Other rules may apply to shift workers.
Other days off
- Maundy Thursday
- Easter Monday
- Ascension Day
- First day of summer
- 1 May
- Whit Monday
- Boxing Day
- First Monday in August
All extra work on other days off is paid with overtime, 80% more than daytime or 1,3085% of the monthly pay for day work. Other rules may apply to shift workers.