A nationally recognized day when most businesses and other institutions are closed.
residents regularly throng the beaches on public holidays
Example sentencesExamples
- I hope the government will move swiftly to ensure that Easter Sunday is listed as a public holiday to ensure it is on a par with other holidays.
- It will be a public holiday and I'm not going to work, so I have to come up with something to do.
- Traffic on the normally congested highway was lighter than normal because Wednesday was a public holiday.
- You have to work on public holidays and birthdays.
- New Year's Day is not a public holiday this time round, it falls on a Saturday.
- Paid public holidays and meal breaks are not at risk of being lost under the new industrial regime.
- The play area is open at weekends and public holidays.
- Each of the nine public holidays costs employers about €600 million in extra wage costs.
- Australia Day is celebrated with a public holiday and celebrations in every State.
- The new entitlements imposed by the bill include a minimum rate of time and a half for those working on public holidays, in addition to an alternative day's leave.