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Labour Recommends Shorter Year
End Vacation
Public sector should have a
shorter holiday season and back
to work as possible is the
recommendation by the Ministerio
de Trabajo to the Presidencia
(president's office), giving
public employees only 11 days
holiday vacation time.
Francisco Morales, ministro de
Trabajo (Labour minister) said
that public employees should get
back to work as soon as
possible, not extending the
holiday vacation season more
than necessary, as there is "too
much to do".
The proposal is to give public
employees off from Thursday 21
December to Tuesday 2 January.
Morales said that the proposal
is in the hands of the ministro
de la Presidencia, Rodrigo
Arias.
If approved, the typical 14 to
17 days holiday will be
shortened to 11. Private sector
employers, for the most part,
follow the public holiday
schedule in giving time off to
their employees.
The holiday period affects all
government employees and
employees of the public
institutions like the Compañía
Nacional de Fuerza y Luz (CNFL)
- power and light, the
Institutio Costarricence de
Electricidad (ICE) -
telecommunications and
electricity, and the Acueductos
y Alcanterillados (AyA) - water
and sewer, who will have only
emergency crew available.
Notwithstanding, employees of
the Ministerio Público dedicated
to protecting the citizens, like
the police and penal
institution, will rotate
employee vacation time to
provide full time services.
However, legislative deputies
and employees of the Poder
Judicial (courts) will have the
traditional 16 days vacation
holiday, beginning on 23
December and returning on 8
January.
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