After the holidays Tourism Week, the Uruguayans They will have to wait a little more than a month for the next rest day scheduled in this year’s calendar, not counting those non-working
The thing is, according to the holiday schedule, the next one is working and is celebrated on Monday, April 22, in commemoration of the Landing of the 33 Orientals. However, if it continues under the same law, it moves to Monday, April 19.
Therefore, the next non-working and immovable holiday will be Wednesday, May 1, due to the Workers Day. In this way, the appointment will serve to end the week, but not as a long weekend.
The holiday calendar
The same month there will be a working holiday on Saturday the 18th, due to the Battle of the Stones, while on Saturday, June 17, the Artigas Birthday (working days, runs to Monday the 19th).
Without counting the vacation July, whose date is still pending definition, Thursday the 18th will be a non-working holiday, due to Oath of the Constitution. Then, it will be followed by Sunday, August 25, when there is no work either, at Declaration of Independence.
In the final stretch of the year, two working holidays arrive: one on Saturday, October 12, for Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity; and another on Saturday, November 2, on Day of the Dead. Finally, on Wednesday, December 25, by Christmas, It will be a non-working holiday.
How are holidays paid?
Regarding the payment of working holidays, It is established by law that workers who collect their salary On a monthly basis they will normally do so, whether or not their activity is interrupted due to the holiday. As for the day laborers, a common figure in the agricultural sector, They will receive the salary only in the case of working on holidays.
On the other hand, during the non-working holidays, According to Law 12,590 of 1958, “every worker will receive remuneration as if he worked; if he works, he will receive double pay.”
Source: Ambito
