What do workers need to know
March 25th has been determined by law as a mandatory holiday by GSEE in its announcement, informing about remuneration on the holiday.
As he points out, on compulsory holidays, employees’ employment are prohibited, as well as the operation of businesses, except those who are legally operating on Sundays and compulsory holidays. Specifically, as regards the remuneration of March 25, 2025, the following applies:
For businesses that do not work:
In undertakings that do not operate, the salary is paid without any salaries paid for that particular day, while those who are paid wages will normally receive their monthly salary paid.
For businesses that are legally operating:
For the employees who will be employed on March 25, the following apply:
1) If they are paid on a salary, they will receive their usually paid wage and an increase of 75% to be calculated in their legal hourly wage for those hours of work.
2) If they are paid for a monthly salary:
(a) If it are businesses that are late on Sundays and days of holiday and they will operate on March 25th, it is due to 1/25 of their usually paid salary and additional 75% surcharge on the legal wage for as many hours of employment
(b) In the case of businesses that operate legally on Sundays and other public holidays, there is only a 75%surcharge, calculated at 1/25 of their legal wage for those hours of employment.
In addition, employees should be aware that:
– It is not legal to set off day of rest (repo), with a mandatory holiday day.
– If the employment of both wages and monthly salary on March 25 is more than 40 hours, it is also due to a holiday increased and the increase due to additional work (overtime, overtime).
– The salary of March 25 is also entitled to the employees on leave, but this day is not counted on business days of their leave.
– In the event that more favorable conditions apply (eg by BSE, employment regulation, business habit or custom) in terms of surcharges of work on work on a mandatory holiday or Sunday, they prevail.
