Home » Guide to working life » Employment relationships » Holiday and leave » Mid-week public holidays » Midsummer checklist Last updated: 05.06.2024 Midsummer checklist Are you working during Midsummer? Read this list for salary changes during Midsummer and other useful information. Employment relationships Employment contracts Basics of employment relationships Termination of employment End of employment Cooperation and change negotiations Layoffs Terms of employment for young people Holiday and leave Sick leave Working time Wages and holiday bonus Orientation to the work If you were working over Midsummer, your salary will be calculated in different ways for each day of the holiday. Midsummer Day Salaries will be paid with a 100% increase for Midsummer Day. Midsummer Eve Compensation for working on Midsummer Eve varies from one collective agreement to the next. In the commercial sector, salespersonnel and store employees are paid a salary bonus for public holiday eves, equivalent to the Saturday bonus, for work done after 6 pm when the store has been open after 6 pm. The supplement is correspondingly paid to other professional groups for work related to sales work. In the hotel and restaurant sector, a salary increase of 50% will be paid for work completed after 15.00. Any evening and night bonuses as well as the supplement paid to the representative of a licence holder will be similarly increased. In the facilities services sector, work done on Midsummer Eve is compensated with a 100% salary increase. In the guarding sector, work on Midsummer Eve is similarly compensated with a 100% salary increase. In pharmacies, any work done after 12.00 will be compensated with a holiday eve supplement of € 4,21 per hour. Other sectors: Read more about mid-week public holidays and check your collective agreement here. Annual leave When calculating annual leave, Midsummer Eve or Midsummer Day are never considered days of leave. Working hour systems Different industries use different working hour systems, with different implications for weekday public holidays. This means that the work roster may mark a weekday public holiday as day off or an annual leave day if you are not scheduled to work on that day. More information on the different systems for different sectors is available here. Read more Getting annual holiday Mid-week public holidays What did you think of this content? Reaktio(Required) This was useful I really liked this content I did not understand This was not useful Comment (optional)
