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Local Public Holidays for Factories and Businesses 2023

North Lanarkshire Council · 14 September 2022
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North Lanarkshire Council
Report
Finance and Resources 
Does this report require to be approved? ☒ Yes   ☐ No
Ref AA/AR/GG Date 14/09/22 
Local Public Holidays for Factories and Businesses 2023 
From  Archie Aitken, Head of Legal and Democratic Solutions  
E-mail RoseAn@northlan.gov.uk Telephone 07951 409714 
1. Background 
1.1 The Council requires to determine, annually, the dates to be set for local public holidays
for factories and businesses. 
2. Report 
2.1 It is proposed that local public holidays for factories and businesses in 2023 be as
follows:- 
Monday, 2 January and Tuesday, 3 January 2023
Friday, 7 April 2023
Monday, 1 May 2023
Monday, 29 May 2023
Monday, 17 July 2023
Monday, 26 September 2023 
Monday, 25 December and Tuesday, 26 December 2023   
Executive Summary 
The purpose of the report is to submit for consideration local public holidays in calendar
year 2023 for factories and businesses in North Lanarkshire. 
Recommendations 
The Committee is asked to agree local public holidays in calendar year 2023 for factories
and businesses in North Lanarkshire.  
The Plan for North Lanarkshire
Priority  Improve economic opportunities and outcomes
Ambition statement (15) Encourage the health and wellbeing of people through a range
of social, cultural, and leisure activities

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3. Measures of success 
3.1  Confirmation of local public holidays for factories and businesses in North Lanarkshire.
4. Supporting documentation 
4.1 N/A 
Archie Aitken 
Head of Legal and Democratic Solutions

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5. Impacts ( http://connect/report-template-guidance ) 
5.1 Public Sector Equality Duty and Fairer Scotland Duty
Does the report contain information that has an impact as a result of the Public
Sector Equality Duty and/or Fairer Scotland Duty?
Yes ☐ No ☒
If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 
If Yes, has an assessment been carried out and published on the council’s website?
https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/your-community/equalities/equality-and-fairer-
scotland-duty-impact-assessments
Yes ☐ No ☐
5.2 Financial impact
Does the report contain any financial impacts?
Yes ☐ No ☒
If Yes, have all relevant financial impacts have been discussed and agreed with
Financial Solutions?
Yes ☐ No ☐
If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 
5.3 HR policy impact 
Does the report contain any HR policy or procedure impacts?
Yes ☐ No ☒
If Yes, have all relevant HR impacts have been discussed and agreed with People
and Organisational Development?
Yes ☐ No ☐
If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 
5.4 Legal impact
Does the report contain any legal impacts (such as general legal matters, statutory
considerations (including employment law considerations), or new legislation)?
Yes ☐ No ☒
If Yes, have all relevant legal impacts have been discussed and agreed with Legal
and Democratic Solutions?
Yes ☐ No ☐
If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 
5.5 Data protection impact 
Does the report / project / practice contain or involve the processing of personal
data?  
Yes ☐ No ☒
If Yes, is the processing of this personal data likely to result in a high risk to the data
subject?
Yes ☐ No ☐
If Yes, has a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) been carried out and e-
mailed to dataprotection@northlan.gov.uk 
Yes ☐ No ☐

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5.6 Technology / Digital impact
Does the report contain information that has an impact on either technology, digital
transformation, service redesign / business change processes, data management, or
connectivity / broadband / Wi-Fi?
Yes ☐ No ☒
If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 
Where the impact identifies a requirement for technology, has an assessment been
carried out (or scheduled) by the Enterprise Architecture Governance Group
(EAGG)? 
Yes ☐ No ☐
5.7 Environmental / Carbon impact
Does the report / project / practice contain information that has an impact on any
environmental or carbon matters?
Yes ☐ No ☒
If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 
5.8 Communications impact
Does the report contain any information that has an impact on the council’s
communications activities?
Yes ☐ No ☒
If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the impact? 
5.9 Risk impact
Is there a risk impact?
Yes ☐ No ☒
If Yes, please provide a brief summary of the key risks and potential impacts,
highlighting where the risk(s) are assessed and recorded (e.g. Corporate or Service
or Project Risk Registers), and how they are managed?