Business day or day off December 31, 2018?

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

December 31, 2018 falls on Monday and is the last business day of the year. However, according to the decision of the Government, this day was postponed to Saturday, December 29, which will become the 6th working day with a 5/2 work schedule. For those citizens who work a six-day week, this will be a regular working day, not involving transfers.

However, it will be shortened by 1 hour according to the general rules for shortening pre-holiday days. So, the Government made its decision: December 31, 2018 is a non-working day, and all citizens of Russia have a day off.

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Due to the transfer of the working day on December 31, 2018, Monday to the previous day off - Saturday, December 29, the last working week was extended by 1 day. But its tension is smoothed out by the fact that the 29th is a working day shortened by 1 hour, which is enshrined in the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.

But the long weekend will begin on Sunday, December 30th, and will give the hostesses the opportunity to perfectly prepare for the festive feast. But this is for those who work on a 5/2 schedule.

With a six-day working week in Russia, there are 5 days off in December: 2, 9, 16, 23, 30. Transfers for a six-day week are not provided. On December 31, citizens with such a work schedule get into their jobs and work according to the rules of the pre-holiday day, with a decrease in its duration by 1 hour. December 31, 2018 is a normal working day for them, or it will be brightened up with corporate gatherings. Celebrations for them will begin in the evening, when people will gather at magnificently set tables.

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However, these citizens will have enough time to spend the old year, to meet the arrival of the New Year under the chimes.

Which day will officially become the last working day this year, turns out differently for some categories of employees. For some, it will be the 29th, for others - December 31st. Also, the New Year holidays for some employees will begin on December 30, 2018, while for others - only on January 1, 2019, and the rest will last not 10, but only 8 days.

This is important for families who have planned their trips to the resort in advance, even on such a long weekend, literally every day is important. It is necessary to plan the purchase of tickets, accommodation in a hotel, timely return home by the end of the holidays. All citizens go to work the same way - on January 9, on Wednesday, regardless of the length of the working week.

The government made a standard transfer

The government decree approved the postponements in the last days of the outgoing 2018. In order not to interrupt the long holidays, on Saturday, the 29th, citizens working on a five-day basis will return to their places instead of December 31st.

Thus, Monday, the 31st day, ending the working year, becomes an additional day off.

According to experts, this day will be ineffective at work - everyone will be tuned in to the beginning of the holidays, and the reduction of the day by 1 hour will knock the workers out of their usual rhythm. It will also play a role that it will be a long working week of 6 days instead of the usual 5. Nevertheless, the decision has been made, and the holidays are extended.