Thursday and Friday Are
The Only Legal Holidays
Thursday and Friday are
legal holidays in Costa
Rica and employees who
are required to work
will have to be paid
double pay and cannot be
part of their holiday
days nor can an employer
force an employee to
work on those days.
According to Eric
Briones Briones, head of
the legal department at
Ministerio de Trabajo,
both the employee and
employer must be in
mutual agreement with
working hours of
Thursday and Friday,
save in exceptional
cases where the services
of the employee are
fundamental to the
business. Briones did
not explain what
constitutes a
fundamental service.
Saturday and Sunday are
not legal holidays in
Costa Rica.
Briones added that in
the private sector no
employer can demand and
employee to work on
Thurday and Friday,
saying that following
the holidays the Labour
ministry always receives
a large amount of
complaints from
employees who were
obligated to work on the
legal holidays. |
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