Employers to get €200m windfall from ‘free’ leap day

Irish workers will work an extra day for free tomorrow, resulting in an almost €200m-windfall for employers.

Employers to get €200m windfall from ‘free’ leap day
Tue, 28 Feb, 2012 - 00:00
Vincent Ryan

Workers who receive an annual wage will work the extra day because there are 252 working days in a leap year as opposed to the 251 days they worked last year.

The extra labour will be worth about €184m to employers.

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