How do a national holiday and a regular holiday differ? If requested by employers, are employees required to work on a national or mourning holiday?
In a national holiday (or national mourning day), it is mandatory that all public and private businesses must close down (employees are not required to work by law). In a regular holiday, only public offices are required to close. During national holidays or national mourning you may require your employees to come to work but only under the occurrence of some of the following premises – that are likewise applicable to mandatory overtime: Small business concerns. – Companies that export all of their production. – Agricultural workers. – Domestic help during national holidays and mourning. – In the event of fire or imminent risk that could endanger the lives of persons, the existence of the company or workplaces or the work for which employees were hired. – In the cases provided for in the collective bargaining agreement as long as the employee commits to the individual hiring. – In the work regarding the Special Economic Area Panama-Pacific, law number 41 of the year 2004, requires extr
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