Staff members can be required to work on the public holidays but working time on public holidays may not exceed the maximum working time of 10 hours. Furthermore, a staff must be provided with a day-in-lieu within 8 weeks of the public holiday.
The following public holidays in Germany must be taken into account:
1 Apr Easter Monday
1 May Labour Day
9 May Ascension Day
19 May Whit Sunday (Berlin)
20 May Whit Monday
30 May Corpus Christi (Stuttgart, Munich, Frankfurt, Köln, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Gelsenkirchen)