Holidays on a Sunday: what Italian workers get
Pick the year: the tool lists the holidays falling on a Saturday or Sunday and flags those for which the law grants extra pay.
Holidays falling on a weekend, 2027
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Easter Sunday excluded, as it is always a Sunday. Italy does not move a weekend holiday to a weekday.
| On a Sunday | 3 |
| On a Saturday | 2 |
| Civil holidays on a Sunday (art. 5, Law 260/1949) | 1 |
| Date | Day | Holiday | Extra pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 April 2027 | Sunday | Liberation Day | yes, by law |
| 1 May 2027 | Saturday | Labour Day | per your contract |
| 15 August 2027 | Sunday | Assumption Day (Ferragosto) | per your contract |
| 25 December 2027 | Saturday | Christmas Day | per your contract |
| 26 December 2027 | Sunday | St Stephen's Day | per your contract |
Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · Law 260/1949 and amendments checked on 28 October 2026
When a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, Italy does not move it to another day: no law provides a substitute day, unlike the United Kingdom or Spain. In 2027 that happens to 5 holidays: Liberation Day, Assumption Day (Ferragosto), St Stephen's Day on a Sunday, Labour Day and Christmas Day on a Saturday. For the civil holidays, however, article 5 of Law 260 of 1949 provides compensation: if 25 April, 1 May or 2 June falls on a Sunday, workers are owed an extra day's pay. In 2027 that concerns Liberation Day. For the other holidays on a Sunday the collective agreement decides, and it often grants the same: check your April payslip. Holidays on a Saturday give nothing extra by law, unless your contract says otherwise.
Holidays on the weekend, year by year
How many holidays land on a weekend depends on the calendar alone. In 2026 there were 5, in 2027 there are 5, and in 2028 just one, New Year's Day on a Saturday. Civil holidays on a Sunday number 0 in 2026, 1 in 2027 and 0 in 2028.
| Year | On a Sunday | On a Saturday |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | St Francis of Assisi, patron saint of Italy, All Saints' Day | Liberation Day, Assumption Day (Ferragosto), St Stephen's Day |
| 2027 | Liberation Day, Assumption Day (Ferragosto), St Stephen's Day | Labour Day, Christmas Day |
| 2028 | – | New Year's Day |
What the law says
Article 5 of Law 260 of 1949 covers the civil holidays: 2 June, 25 April, 1 May and, in the text, 4 November too, which has not been a holiday since 1977. For these days the State, public bodies and private employers must pay normal daily wages to workers paid by the hour; those who work on those days also get the hours worked with the holiday premium; and when the holiday falls on a Sunday a further day's pay is due.
Religious holidays, from New Year's Day to St Stephen's Day, are not named in that article: how those falling on a Sunday are treated is set by the collective agreement. Law 151 of 2025, which made 4 October a holiday, amended article 2 but not article 5: the new holiday is not on the list of civil holidays.
Holidays falling on a weekend, 2028
Holidays falling on a weekend, 2028
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| On a Sunday | 0 |
| On a Saturday | 1 |
| Civil holidays on a Sunday (art. 5, Law 260/1949) | 0 |
The 2027 holidays and their dates are on public holidays 2027; the 1977 abolitions and the paid hours off they led to on annual leave.