Are carnival holidays working days?

March 1, 2019

In the coming days will be the first long weekend of the year in Argentina. What does the law on the employment contract say

In our country, next week, the Monday 4 and the Tuesday 5 Mars are the holidays by Carnival giving way to the first long weekend of this 2019.

As in previous years, in social networks, many wondered whether these two days of rest were considered days. non-working.

The concrete thing is that the two days are in the "Still holidays"Who met through the Law 27399 "Establishment of public holidays and long weekends", which has been made public by the Official Journal.

Under the Employment Contracts Act, section 166 of the Act states that "holidays, the legal provisions concerning Sunday rest apply.. In those days, the workers who do not benefit from the respective remuneration will receive the salary corresponding to them, even if they coincide on Sunday. If they render services in those days, they will charge the normal remuneration of working days plus an equal amount. ".

It should be noted that on Saturday, March 2, inside the XXL weekend, is not during the holidays; it is therefore a working day that depends on each employer.

The list of vacation rentals that remain in 2019
– March 24: National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice.
Good Friday.

– April 2: Day of the veteran and victims of the Falklands war.

– May 1st: Labor Day.

– May 25: Day of the May Revolution.

– June 20: Pbadage to the immortality of General Don Manuel Belgrano.

– July 9th: Independence Day.

– December 8: Day of the Immaculate Conception of Mary.

– December 25: Christmas.