Public Holiday Thursday
May 1 is an official
public holiday in Costa
Rica and all government
offices, institutions,
banks and most private
businesses will be
closed.
Embassies like the U.S.
embassy in San José will
also be closed.
May 1st or May Day is
traditionally celebrated
in Latin America as
Labor Day.
May 1 - like Mother's
Day (August 15) and
Independence Day (Sep
15) - is a holiday that
is not moved to the
following Monday if it
falls on a weekday
(Monday to Friday).
For workers who are
required to work on May,
article 148 of the
Código de Trabajo (Labour
Code) stipulates double
pay.
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