Will Mon. June 2, 2025 be an extra holiday ?

[allane]

A friend who works as a teacher says that his school will be closed that day.  Has the govt. proclaimed a "bridge day" holiday to link the June 3 holiday to the weekend ?  I have been out of Thailand for a couple of weeks, so may have missed something.

[allane]

Just checked the Bank of Thailand website.  June 2, 2025 is a special holiday.

Perhaps leave my post in place to remind others.

[DrJack54]

[FritsSikkink]

16 hours ago, allane said:

Just checked the Bank of Thailand website.  June 2, 2025 is a special holiday.

Perhaps leave my post in place to remind others.

No, it isn't. Private companies have this as a working day. 

[HappyExpat57]

My school is off 2 & 3 June. Yay!

[gomangosteen]

There's another one in August, taking the number of paid holidays for government employees to 21 this year; for private businesses, employees are entitled to a minimum of 13 per year.

 

June 2, 2025 – Bridge Holiday: This was scheduled to extend the weekend to the Queen’s birthday holiday on June 3 for a total of four days off.

 

August 11, 2025 – Bridge Holiday: This was scheduled to create a four-day weekend with Mother’s Day on August 12.

[Sydebolle]

The government keeps on fiddling in the calendar and adds here and there another holiday, bridge day or compensation day. A very populistic move, specially for all those who do not really understand, how economies work. 

They completely forget, that the private industry is paying through their noses for those extra non-productive days while those who need staff to work like in the hospitality business, pay double and triple the wage for such days. 

The result is productivity output - or rather the lack of it. The enclosed chart  is quite enlightening and based on two factors. One is education (and we know how far behind Thailand limps on that criteria, discipline (another story) and hard work (or the lack of it). Without generalizing - I am aware that there are hard working, dedicated and very disciplined people in this country - but there is LOTS of improvement, if anyone would ask me 😉 

Chart = © CNBC and WorldEconomics via Seasia stats 

[BrandonJT]

3 hours ago, Sydebolle said:

They completely forget, that the private industry is paying through their noses for those extra non-productive days while those who need staff to work like in the hospitality business, pay double and triple the wage for such days.

 

The private sector is not required to offer all of those extra holidays. Only 13 days per year are mandated by law. My friends who work for transnational companies don't receive every Thai government holiday, only the official bank holidays.

[Sydebolle]

51 minutes ago, BrandonJT said:

 

The private sector is not required to offer all of those extra holidays. Only 13 days per year are mandated by law. My friends who work for transnational companies don't receive every Thai government holiday, only the official bank holidays.

Yes, legally speaking you are right. But explain that to i.e. banks. In addition, Thais always compare and the 13 days are more than eaten up by Royal holidays, which you HAVE to give. The rest is minuscule and resulted - in my company back in the day - to endless discussions. 

[billd766]

On 5/30/2025 at 8:29 AM, FritsSikkink said:

No, it isn't. Private companies have this as a working day. 

Try going to any bank on Monday 2nd or Tuesday 3rd June and demanding entry.

 

Banks are private companies too.

 

The ATMs should be OK until they are empty.