There are just over two months left until the New Year 2021. For the New Year’s holiday 2021, how many days off will employees, officials, and public employees have?
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1. The 2021 New Year Holiday Schedule for employees in Vietnam
According to the 2021 calendar, New Year 2021 (January 1, 2021) will fall on a Friday. Therefore, the New Year holiday schedule for employees will be divided into two cases as follows:
Case 1: For employees working with a policy of 02 days off per week (Saturday & Sunday), they will have 3 consecutive days off from January 1, 2021, to January 3, 2021.
The 2021 New Year Holiday Schedule for employees with 02 days off per week in Vietnam
Case 2: For employees working with a policy of 01 day off per week (Sunday), they will have 01 day off, which is January 1, 2021.
The 2021 New Year Holiday Schedule for employees with 01 day off per week in Vietnam
Additionally, according to the provisions of Article 98 of the Labor Code 2019 (effective from January 1, 2021), employees working on New Year 2021 will receive a salary of at least 300% calculated based on the wage unit price or actual salary paid for the current job, excluding the holiday, Tet, and paid leave for employees receiving daily wages. Moreover, for employees working with a 02-day off per week policy, if they work on January 2, 2021, and January 3, 2021, they will receive a salary of at least 200% calculated based on the wage unit price or actual salary paid for the current job.
2. The 2021 New Year Holiday Schedule for officials and public employees in Vietnam
According to the regulations in Decision 188/1999/QD-TTg on the 40-hour work week policy, officials and public employees, employees of administrative units, career organizations, political organizations, and socio-political organizations follow the 40-hour work week policy within 5 days, with Saturday and Sunday off every week.
Thus, New Year 2021 (January 1, 2021) falls on a Friday, so officials and public employees will have 3 continuous days off from January 1, 2021, to January 3, 2021 (01 day for New Year 2021 and 02 weekly days off).
The 2021 New Year Holiday Schedule for officials and public employees in Vietnam
In addition, in cases where officials work enough 40 hours as regulated and work extra on Saturdays, the overtime pay for Saturday is calculated at least 200% based on the wage unit price or actual salary paid for the current job as per the Labor Code 2019.
Ty Na
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