Although this year the official holiday of May 6 – St. George’s Day coincides with the fourth day off from the Easter holidays, Monday, it is not compensated by an absent day, so the first working day is May 7. This is specified by the General Labor Inspectorate (GIT).
According to the Labor Code, only on official holidays that coincide with Saturdays and/or Sundays, the first or the first two working days after them are absent.
The four Easter bank holidays are also excluded from this provision, as they are always from Friday to Monday and are not legally compensated by additional days off.
The labor inspectorate reminds that according to the Labor Code, all four days off for Easter – from May 3 to May 6, inclusive – are declared public holidays.
The employer owes at least a double increase in the daily wage for situations during which they work. If the work is also overtime, it is also paid with an additional 100% increase.
For those working on an irregular working day or with daily accounting of working hours, the work done during public holidays, as well as on days off and days of absence, is always overtime. Overtime work must be assigned by order of the employer, with which the workers must be informed at least 24 hours before the start of the overtime work.
For those working on a schedule – when calculating working hours in aggregate, working on a public holiday is not overtime and their wages should only be increased by 100%. Already with the introduction of the summary calculation of working hours, the employer is obliged to prepare a named schedule for the entire period, which cannot be longer than 4 months, the GIT specifies.
In the month of May, May 1st and May 24th are also public holidays.
Working on the publication: Yordanka Gerasimova
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