2024 Public Holidays and Non-Working Days

21 November, 2023 | Current Regulations

SUMMARY

Statute: Law 27,399 and complementary regulations

Scope: Nationwide

Issue: –        National public holidays –        Religious celebrations –        Public holidays for tourism purposes – PENDING

 

 

Dear all,

 

The 2024 public holidays for tourism purposes still have to be determined because the pertinent statute has not yet been enacted. Therefore, please find below the public holidays and religious celebrations applicable in 2024 in line with existing regulations. We will elaborate on this when the public holidays for tourism purposes are determined.

1. Public Holidays and Non-Working Days

Law 27,399 and its complementary regulations have reorganized the schedule of public holidays, non-working days, and religious celebrations and have further empowered the Argentine Executive Branch to set three “public holidays for tourism purposes” per year.

Such law provides that certain public holidays may be moved forward or backwards, depending on the date on which they fall.

Consequently, public holidays in 2024 will be the following:

• January 1 (New Year’s Day): it falls on a Monday and it is never moved to another day;
• Carnival Monday and Tuesday, on February 12 and 13, 2024;
• March 24 (Truth and Justice Memorial Day): it falls on a Sunday and it is never moved to another day;
• March 29 (Holy Friday): it is not moved to another day;
• April 2 (Malvinas Veterans’ and Fallen Soldiers’ Day): it falls on a Tuesday and it is never moved to another day;
• May 1 (Labor Day): it falls on a Wednesday and it is never moved to another day;
• May 25 (May’s Revolution Day): it falls on a Saturday and it is never moved to another day;
• June 17 (Martín Miguel de Güemes’ Day): it falls on a Monday and, therefore, it is not moved to another day;
• June 20 (National Flag Day): it falls on a Thursday and it is not moved to another day;
• July 9 (Independence Day): it falls on a Tuesday and it is not moved to another day;
• August 17 (José de San Martín’s Day): it falls on a Saturday and, therefore, it is not moved to another day;
• October 12 (Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity): it falls on a Saturday and, therefore, it is not moved;
• November 20 (National Sovereignty Day): it falls on a Wednesday and it is moved to November 18;
• December 8 (Feast of the Immaculate Conception): it falls on a Sunday and it is never moved to another day;
• December 25 (Christmas Day): it falls on a Wednesday and it is never moved to another day.

Under current regulations, the following days will be regarded as “non-working days”: (i) “Holy Thursday”, which is celebrated on March 28, 2024, and (ii) April 24, in commemoration of the “Day of Tolerance and Respect Among Peoples” and of the Armenian genocide (public employees and officers and students of Armenian origin are authorized to take the day off to attend and participate in activities in commemoration of the tragedy suffered by their community).

 

2. Pubic Holidays for Tourism Purposes

As a consequence of the enactment of Law 27,399 referred to above and for the purpose of promoting tourism in the country, whenever public holidays fall on a Tuesday or Thursday, the Argentine Executive Branch will establish three (3) public holidays or non-working days a year that will fall on a Monday or Friday.

The executive order determining the 2024 public holidays for tourism purposes has not yet been issued, so we will let you know when it is published.

 

III. Religious Celebrations

It should also be pointed out that Jewish and Muslim workers that do not perform tasks on the days of the following celebrations will nevertheless be entitled to their remuneration for the days in question.

– Jewish Workers

• Jewish Passover (four days), in 2024, from the appearance of the first star on April 22 until April 24;
• Jewish New Year (two days), in 2024, from the appearance of the first star on October 2 until October 3;
• Jewish Day of Atonement (one day), in 2024, from the appearance of the first star on October 11 until October 12.

 

– Muslim Workers

• Feast of the Sacrifice (even though this date must be confirmed, depending on the lunar calendar, it will presumably fall in mid March 2024);
• Islamic New Year (even though this date must be confirmed, depending on the lunar calendar, it will presumably fall in late June 2024) and,

• The day after the end of the fast (even though this date must be confirmed, depending on the lunar calendar, it will presumably fall in mid August 2024).

 

For any clarification or further questions regarding this matter, please contact Javier Fernández Verstegen (jverstegen@brons.com.ar).