Like every year, the calendar offers its share of public holidays. And the year 2025 is the perfect example since in just a few days you can get very long periods of rest. Explanations.
The year 2025 is no exception to the rule. While in 2024, employees were able to obtain 40 days of vacation thanks to 12 days of leave, they will be able to have 37 this year for only… 7 days to spare, according to BFMTV. A good deal notably due to the five “viaducts” throughout the year: a four-day weekend for a working day used.
Among these bridges, there will be three in the month of May with the 1st, the 9th and the 29th which will be the date of Ascension in 2025. The Armistice of November 11, 1918 will allow four days of rest to be added. The formula: given that it falls on a Tuesday, set the previous Monday, November 10, added to the weekend of the 8th and 9th. Finally, December 25, 2025 will fall on a Thursday, it will suffice to position yourself on Friday the 26th. to end the year in peace.
Eleven long weekends
For the rest of the days to go scrounging, there are five weekends lasting three days. Here are the dates: With Easter Monday on Monday, April 21, you won't have to use any time off. Same observation for July 14, a national holiday, which falls on a Monday and August 15, Assumption Day, a Friday. Pentecost Monday taking place on June 9, which is gradually transforming into a day of solidarity, is still a public holiday and adds another three-day weekend. The only downside: November 1, symbolizing All Saints' Day, falls on a Saturday.
While some employees will benefit from these advantages, this delights professionals in the tourism sector like Romain Lopez, manager of a bar-restaurant in Bordeaux with TF1 INFO: “It's royal for us, it fills the restaurant. Not necessarily in reservations, but a lot of people visit Bordeaux. We know that the team will have to be complete, because we will have people. In addition, on public holidays, we work as a restaurant owner. So it can only be beneficial for us.”
