Official holidays for New Year 2019

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

The government of the Russian Federation annually approves the days off for the January holidays. The draft of the relevant decree has already been approved, so we can tell exactly how we are resting for the New Year 2019.

Moreover, it is time to start calmly, without haste to prepare for fun events and meeting with loved ones, look closely at gifts, plan a vacation for the whole family.

Official data

In September 2018, the Ministry of Labor provided information that the tripartite commission for the regulation of social and labor relations approved a schedule of weekends and holidays for the coming 2019.

Under the decision of the authorities, the association of trade unions and all-Russian associations of employers, it remains to sign Dmitry Medvedev.

This means that we already know for sure about the duration of the New Year holidays.

The last working day in the outgoing year will be Saturday, December 29th. Do not be upset about the long work week, because, most likely, the sixth day will be shortened at most enterprises.

Next, we will have a legal winter vacation:

• 30.12.2018 - Sunday day off;
• 31.12.2018 - Monday is a day off, thanks to the worked Saturday on the 29th;
• 01.01.2019 - the official holiday New Year;
• 02.01.2019-06.01.2019 - holiday;
• 07.01.2019 - Nativity;
• 08.01 2019 - non-working Tuesday.

Thus, the holiday will last from December 30, 2018 to January 8, 2019 inclusive.

A pleasant bonus will be the transfer of non-working Saturday and Sunday 05.01 and 06.01 to Thursday and Friday, May 2, 3. The corresponding resolution was adopted by the Government of the Russian Federation. These advances should help the working population use weekends and holidays prudently and judiciously.

To summarize, in January 2019, 14 days off and 17 working days are expected.

Unfortunately, many of us are faced with an unscrupulous leadership that requires us to perform our work duties, regardless of official documents. Be aware that the employer has no right to do this without your consent.

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In addition, article 153 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation states that non-working days are paid double. You can find out the exact amount for processing from the collective agreement in force in your organization.

School break

The Ministry of Education does not set the exact dates for the winter holidays for students, but indicates a time frame, taking into account the educational system:

• quarter: from 26.12.2018 to 08.01.2019;
• semester and modular: New Year's 29.12.2018-08.01.2019, additional winter ones 18.02.2019-24.02.2019.

The schedule can be changed or adjusted at the discretion of the administration of each particular school. You can find information on how your children rest for the New Year 2019 on the official information website of the educational institution, ask the secretary of the school, gymnasium, lyceum or class teacher.

The information is in the public domain, since the curriculum is drawn up in the summer, and the schedule is approved in advance.

In general, there should be no serious progress, and the winter holidays coincide with the time of legal rest for the working population.

Disputes in the State Duma

After the approval of the official holiday calendar for the upcoming 2019 year, another debate began in the State Duma on the cancellation of the protracted New Year holidays:

1. Gennady Onishchenko, Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee in education and science, claims that such a schedule negatively affects the emotional and physical well-being of the country's residents. He spoke out in support of the weekend of December 31 and January 1.
2. Leader of the Communist Party faction Gennady Zyuganov submitted to the lower house of parliament a bill to exclude New Year's holidays from the list of days off. The explanatory note indicates that many citizens are making such a request. Instead, it was proposed to introduce an additional paid ten-day leave, which can be summed up with the tariff. The bill was rejected due to increased costs to the employer and the need for additional budgetary allocations.
3. First Deputy Head of the LDPR faction Alexey Didenko in support of the cancellation of a long celebration, he cited sad statistics. He pointed out that during this period, due to excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages, up to 20 thousand citizens die.
4. Andrey Isaev from the party "United Russia" I am convinced that the government must adhere to the approved schedule and stop "rushing from side to side." The economic downturn, cited by many deputies as the main reason for the cancellation of the holidays, does not correspond to reality, because the turnover in the service and sales sectors is only growing.
5. Opposed the cancellation of the winter holidays Chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions Mikhail Shmakov … Given that the Labor Department has approved the schedule, any discussion is pointless and as long as trade unions exist, the New Year holidays will not be shortened.

Company analysts Superjob conducted an independent study. The data obtained confirmed that 71% of citizens do not want to sacrifice a single day of the long-awaited vacation.

Despite all the debate, it is known for sure that the January holidays will give us 10 days off. From December 30 to January 8, inclusive, we will be able to fully enjoy communicating with loved ones, go with children to entertainment events and organize a short trip to interesting places in our beautiful country.