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This Semana Santa With "Three" Legal Holiday
Days
This Semana Santa With
"Three" Legal Holiday Days
Semana Santa is a week for Costa Ricans to
take time off work and enjoy the last few
days of the dry or summer weather before the
rainy season commences. This year, however,
due to the April 11 holiday, the number of
paid holiday days equals to three and the
typical two.
Let us explain.
Although government employees have the
entire week off, and many companies closed
down as well, the only two legal "paid"
holidays during Semana Santa is Thursday and
Friday.
However, this year, the April 11 holiday - a
legal holiday - honouring the heroic efforts
of Juan Santamaría, falls within Semana
Santa, thus extending the number of legal
holidays to three in one week.
Employers cannot force an employee to work
on April 11 and for those employees who
agree to work on the holiday will be paid
double salary.
Since the holiday falls on a weekend, it is
celebrated on the day it falls. All other
legal holidays falling on a Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday or Friday are moved to
the following Monday.
All this according to the Código de Trabajo
(Labour Code).
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