No working day to be moved next year in Latvia
Latvia's government did not adopt a decision on transferring working days by the deadline, so no working day will be moved in 2027. This was reported by the portal LSM.lv.
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No working day will be moved in Latvia next year, because the government did not adopt a decision on the matter by the set deadline of 1 July this year, the news portal LSM.lv reports. This means residents will have to work all the working days set out in the calendar, including those that fall between public holidays.
In Latvia, transferred working days are usually used so that people do not have to work a single day between holidays. The day is moved to a Saturday and worked off then, which creates longer periods of days off.
What was proposed
The Ministry of Welfare, which is responsible for labour matters, said that over the summer a proposal was made to work off 25 June next year on 19 June, and 19 November on 13 November. The Cabinet of Ministers, that is, the government, had to decide on moving working days by 1 July this year. That did not happen, so no working day will be moved next year.
Why there is no decision
The government postponed consideration of the draft order on moving working days because the coalition had agreed to do so. The coalition also discussed whether such a practice should be kept at all.
