This is one of the many labor holidays that Uruguayans are going to have, find out how it is charged.
This Wednesday, April 19, commemorates the Landing of the 33 OrientalsAlthough, due to the current law on holidays – which aims to promote tourism – the holiday was moved to this Monday the 17th.
This day commemorates a historical event where, under the motto “Liberated or death” in the white stripe of the tricolor flag with which Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Manuel Oribe and his troops crossed the Uruguay River and disembarked on the Agraciada beach. After the landing, and together with neighbors who responded to Lavalleja’s request, they were able to expel the Portuguese troops. From there, on August 25 of that year, at the Piedra Alta Assembly in Florida, the Declaration of Independence.
According to national legislation, a working holiday allows workers who collect their salary on a monthly basis to do so normally whether or not its activity is interrupted due to the festivity. Regarding day laborers, a common figure in the agricultural sector, they will receive the wage only in the case of working on a holiday, that is, Thursday or Friday.
On the other hand, holidays such as January 1, May 1, July 18, August 25 and December 25 “every worker will receive remuneration as if he worked; in case of working, he will receive double pay”, details the Law 12,590 of 1958 that governs the non-working holidays In uruguay.
What are the remaining holidays in 2023?
He rest of the holidays this year is completed with:
- Monday May 1 (Workers’ Day, non-working).
- Monday May 22 (Moves on May 18).
- Monday June 19 (Birthday of Artigas).
- Tuesday, July 18 (Oath of the Constitution, non-working).
- Friday August 25 (Declaration of Independence, non-working).
- Monday October 16 (moved on October 12).
- Thursday, November 2 (All Souls’ Day)
- Monday December 25 (Christmas or Family Day, non-working).
However, the president Luis Lacalle Pou does not agree that the holidays run, since its raison d’être is not touristic. For this to be fulfilled, the executive must modify by law, for which reason it sent a project to Parliament (which has not yet been dealt with since September 2021). As long as it is not discussed within the framework of the legislative power, those three holidays will continue to run to obtain the long weekend.
Source: Ambito
