Easter: which day is a public holiday and which is not …

Before the arrival of Holy Week, many wonder when it starts, what public holidays it includes, what non-working days are and how both work under labor contract law.

Holy Week began in 2021 on March 28 with Palm Sunday and ends a week later with the arrival of Easter. While there are many who are exempt from working between Thursday April 1 and Sunday April 4, there are others who are required to work as usual.

the Good Friday It is the only one of the week considered a national holiday, it is irremovable and this year coincides with the Day of Veterans and the Dead of the Falklands War, commemorated on April 2. The rest of the days Thursday and Saturday do not work.

According to article 166 of the Law on Employment Contracts, “in the holidays the legal norms on Sunday rest govern ”. In turn, he specifies: “In the event that they provide services on those days, they will charge the normal pay for the working days plus an equal amount.”.

In the meantime, according to article 167 of the same law, in the non-working days “work will be optional for the employer, except in banking, insurance and related activities, as determined by regulation. “In addition, he points out that those who “will render service will receive the simple salary”.

In this sense, the difference between a public holiday and a non-working day is that if you work on a public holiday you have to pay twice the usual day, while on non-working days it is at the employer’s discretion. if the worker attends the day which is paid as a regular day.

On the other hand, it should be noted that the dates of Holy Week are governed by the liturgical calendar, which is based on the lunar calendar and has 28 days, unlike the solar which has a greater extension.

Following this line, Resurrection Sunday is celebrated between March 22 and April 25 and always falls on the Sunday following the first full moon after March 21, i.e. after the equinox which marks the beginning of the spring. Southern hemisphere.

Because in 2021 the Moon has been in full phase since March 28, Easter Sunday is celebrated on April 4.