IA “Main Labor Inspectorate” (IA GIT) reminds that September 22, 2024 is a public holiday, which is compensated with an additional day off, as it falls on a Sunday. According to the Labor Code, when official holidays coincide with Saturdays and/or Sundays, the first or the first two working days after them are absent, therefore September 23 – Monday is a day off. When working on holidays and non-attendance days with an increase of 75%, only overtime is paid.
For work on public holidays, which in the month are September 6 – Union Day, and September 22 – Independence Day, all workers must get double pay. Overtime on these days is also paid with a 100% increase.
For those working on an irregular working day or with daily accounting of working hours, the work done during official holidays, as well as on days off and absent days, is always also extraordinary. Overtime work must be assigned by order of the employer, with which the workers must be informed at least 24 hours before the start of the work.
No overtime for scheduled workers – in the cumulative calculation of working hours, which is why they are only entitled to double wages when working on a public holiday.
For the seven months of 2024, the control bodies of the IA GIT have established 12,512 violations of labor remuneration. Of them, 5195 pcs. are related to the payment of additional remuneration to employees, such as work during public holidays and overtime work. There were 859 violations related to the payment of labor during public holidays, and 287 violations related to the payment of overtime work.