This Tuesday the Constitution Oath is commemorated and it is a non-working holiday. Find out how to pay.
Tomorrow in Uruguay the Jura of the Constitution of 1830 is celebrated, which is a non-working and immovable holiday; Find out how this holiday is paid according to current legislation.
This Tuesday, July 18, commemorates the Oath of the Constitution in the Cabildo Abierto de Montevideo in 1830, this being the first Constitution of the Eastern Province. From there, Uruguay was organized as sovereign and independent state “with a unitary, republican and confessional regime; divided into nine departments”, establishes the official government page.
How do you pay for this holiday?
July 18 is a non-working holiday and that is why, like other holidays such as January 1, May 1, August 25 and December 25, “all workers will receive remuneration as if they were working; in If you work, you will receive double pay”, details Law 12,590 of 1958 that governs the non-working holidays In uruguay.
On working holidays, on the other hand, national legislation establishes that workers who receive their salary on a monthly basis will normally do so 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.
How many holidays are left in Uruguay?
He rest of the holidays this year is completed with:
- 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
