Singapore Public Holidays 2025 - Plan ahead your long weekends
Navigating the public holiday schedule is essential for both employers and employees to optimise work-life balance and plan vacations effectively.
In this guide, we’ll break down all the must-know details about public holidays in Singapore, including key insights, practical tips to maximise long weekends, and answers to common questions. Discover how to fully enjoy your time off and make every holiday count!
When are the Singapore public holidays in 2025?
There are 11 gazetted public holidays in Singapore:
Public Holidays
Dates
Days
New Year’s Day
1 January 2025
Wednesday
Chinese New Year
29 February 2025 30 February 2025
Wednesday Thursday
Hari Raya Puasa*
31 March 2025
Monday
Good Friday
18 April 2025
Friday
Labour Day
1 May 2025
Thursday
Vesak Day
12 May 2025
Monday
Hari Raya Haji*
7 June 2025**
Saturday
National Day
9 August 2025***
Saturday
Deepavali
31 October 2025
Monday
Christmas Day
25 December 2025
Thursday
* Subject to further confirmation.
** Monday, 9 June 2025, will be a public holiday if your rest day falls on 7 June 2025.
*** Monday, 11 August 2024, will be a public holiday if your rest day falls on 9 August 2025.
Do employees get off-in-lieu if a public holiday falls on a weekend or rest day in Singapore?
If the company operates on a 5-day work week (Monday - Friday), the employees will be entitled to one day off-in-lieu if the public holiday falls on a rest day (Saturday or Sunday).
Depending on the company policy, the off-in-lieu may be offered immediately after the public holiday, or employees have the option to utilise it later.
Do employees get paid for working on public holidays?
Yes, in cases where employees are required to work on public holidays, the employer should either pay for an additional day or provide time off-in-lieu, as per mutual agreement.
Pay for working on a public holiday =
(12 x Monthly gross rate of pay x Public holidays worked on) / (52 x Average number of work days in a week)
For example:
Jessie’ monthly gross rate of pay is S$4,000, and the number of work days in a week is 5. There are 11 public holidays in a year, and Jessie worked on 2 public holidays in April.
Using the above formula, the calculation for Employee A's pay for working on public holidays would be:
(12 x S$4,000 x 2) / (52 x 5) = S$369.23
In this scenario, Jessie would receive an additional S$369.23 for working on the two public holidays.
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