The holiday of May 18, like all working days, was moved to Monday the 22nd in order to promote tourism with a long weekend.
The working holiday of May 18 fell on Thursday and it was moved to this Monday the 22nd with the intention of promoting tourism in the UruguayThe same will happen on the holiday of October 12, which will run until Monday the 16th.
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.
This holiday May 18 is commemorated The Battle of the Stones, which occurred in the year 1811 and is considered the first patriotic triumph with the leaders José Gervasio Artigas, Manuel Francisco Artigas and Venancio Benavídez facing the Spanish.
How are non-working holidays paid?
May 18 is a working holiday and national legislation establishes that workers who receive their salary on a monthly basis will 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, those who are not working, according to Law 12,590 of 1958, which governs the non-working holidays In Uruguay, “every worker will receive remuneration as if he were working; in case of working, he will receive double pay.”
How many holidays are left in the year?
He rest of the holidays this year is completed with:
- 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).
Source: Ambito
