BusinessTech writes that the Day of Reconciliation (16 December) is the only public holiday that falls on a Sunday in 2018, making the next day a public holiday as well.  

However, just two consecutive public holidays can still have a significant impact on working arrangements and shifts, especially in workplaces that run a ’24/7/365′ operation.  This is according to Faan Coetzee, employment director at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr, who said that employers should consider the effect on the workplace and implement measures to address the impact on work.  “Employers can expect requests for additional days off on Monday, 30 April, Friday, 10 August, Monday, 24 December and Monday, 31 December as these dates are convenient for employees to create long weekends,” he said.  Coetzee advised employers to timeously make arrangements with employees who wish to take extra days off to work in those days.  Employers should also consider collective agreements and bargaining council agreements that impact public holidays, working arrangements and shifts.  This report also lists all the remaining public holidays in 2018.

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