The Christmas Day bank holiday for 2022 will be moved from December 25 to December 27.
When Christmas day falls on a weekend, as it will this year, an alternative day is chosen for the occasion. As it falls on Sunday, the bank holiday will be moved to Tuesday after Boxing day, to give Brits a much needed extra day off.
The New Year's bank holiday will happen on January 2. Scotland will see another bank holiday fall on January 3, as a "substitute day" for January 2, but this will not be seen in the rest of the UK.
It is not mandatory for employers to give bank holidays off to workers and this may affect the way your benefits are paid. Here is a complete list of all the remaining bank holidays for this year in Scotland, and the bank holidays for 2023.
Upcoming bank holidays in Scotland
Upcoming bank holidays in Scotland 2022
| 30 November | Wednesday | St Andrew’s Day |
| 26 December | Monday | Boxing Day |
| 27 December | Tuesday | Christmas Day (substitute day) |
2023
| 2 January | Monday | New Year’s Day (substitute day) |
| 3 January | Tuesday | 2nd January (substitute day) |
| 7 April | Friday | Good Friday |
| 1 May | Monday | Early May bank holiday |
| 29 May | Monday | Spring bank holiday |
| 7 August | Monday | Summer bank holiday |
| 30 November | Thursday | St Andrew’s Day |
| 25 December | Monday | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Tuesday | Boxing Day |
The news of the Christmas Bank Holiday comes after a Tory Cabinet minister threw his weight behind making King Charles’ coronation day a bank holiday. No date has been confirmed for when that Charles will be crowned at Westminster Abbey, though it is widely expected to be at the start of June next year.
The Mirror reported this could be around June 2 - 70 years to the day after his mother was crowned. Charles ascended to the throne immediately after the Queen died on September 8 but the official coronation takes place months later.
"To have a day off for that is perfectly reasonable, and the effect on growth will not be enormous".
Ministers have not yet started formal discussions about whether to make the day a bank holiday. A government source said: “Whenever there’s a decision about a special bank holiday, there’s always a debate about the benefits versus the costs.
“I expect we would start making a decision on it in the next couple of weeks.”
The short notice, one-off bank holiday to allow workers to watch the Queen’s state funeral sparked a backlash after some NHS appointments were cancelled.
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