Does the law allow the employer to define what weekdays the employees can take their day off?
The law establishes that the employer and employee can select the weekly rest day, either as a fixed, pre-determined day of the week, or in a rotating fashion. However, the law also establishes that the weekly rest day should be on Sundays, except in the following activities: – public services centers, – agricultural and cattle-raising activities, – drug stores, – hotels, – restaurants, – soft drink places, – public amusement or tourism businesses, – grocery stores, – commercial facilities in places or small towns that given their location act as service centers to agricultural areas, and those that, given their nature, interruption of the work during those days may cause serious harm to the interests of public health or to the national economy, which shall be previously authorized by the General or Regional Labor Direction, – export processing zones. Other than the above cases, the weekly rest day must be on Sundays.
