Public holidays in 2026:

January 1: Thursday

March 15: Sunday

April 3: Friday (Good Friday)

April 6: Monday (Easter Monday)

May 1: Friday

May 25: Monday (Whit Monday)

August 20: Thursday

October 23: Friday

November 1: Sunday

December 25: Friday and December 26: Saturday (Christmas)

There will be three Saturdays in 2026 when you'll need to work: January 10, August 8, and December 12. The upside? Four four-day long weekends and three three-day ones.

Shifted rest days in 2026:

January 2: Friday (rest day)

August 21: Friday (rest day)

December 24: Thursday (rest day)

Saturdays that are workdays in 2026:

January 10 (Saturday) is a workday, compensated by January 2 (Friday) as a rest day

August 8 (Saturday) is a workday, compensated by August 21 (Friday) as a rest day

December 12 (Saturday) is a workday, compensated by December 24 (Thursday) as a rest day

Four-day long weekends in 2026:

January 1 (Thursday) to January 4 (Sunday)

April 3 (Good Friday), April 5 (Easter Sunday), and April 6 (Easter Monday) for the usual four-day Easter break

August 20 (Thursday, State Foundation Day) creates a four-day weekend—but you'll work the previous Saturday, August 8, to earn the extra Friday off

December 25 (Friday) and 26 (Saturday, Christmas), extended by December 24 (Thursday) off, running December 24 to 27

Three-day long weekends in 2026:

May 1 (Friday) for a three-day break

May 25 (Monday, Whit Monday) for another three-day weekend

October 23 (Friday) for a three-day fall break

March 15 and November 1 both fall on Sundays in 2026, so no extra long weekends from those holidays.

The decree, effective January 1, 2026, applies to all employers and employees on standard schedules.
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