The President of the Republic, by means of Executive Decree No. 249 issued on December 17th, 2025, hereby the “Decree”, ordered the mandatory and non-recoverable suspension of the working day of January 2nd, 2026, for both the public and private sectors. With this decision, the New Year holiday will be extended from the 1st to the 4th of that month.
In our opinion, if the employer requires work to be performed on those days and the employees agree to do so, work may be carried out provided that a 100% surcharge is paid, as these are mandatory rest days.
It´s important to notice that the Decree has not yet been published in the Official Registry.
Edmundo Ramos, partner at CorralRosales
eramos@corralrosales.com
+593 2 2544144
