The corresponding statement was made during the meeting of the governor with ministers and heads of municipalities.

“Some of the regions decided to make December 31 a day off. In the Altai Republic, employers are encouraged to follow this example and postpone the working day on Saturday, December 28, ”the press service of the local administration said.

Earlier, the governor of the Penza region decided to sign the decree on the postponement of the day off to December 31.

In addition, the decision has already been taken by the authorities of the Voronezh region, Buryatia, Sevastopol, Crimea, Karachay-Cherkessia, Khakassia, Pskov, Sverdlovsk, Kurgan, Kirov, Ulyanovsk regions and the Stavropol Territory.

Vice-rector of the Academy of Labor and Social Relations, Doctor of Economic Sciences Alexander Safonov, in an interview with URA.RU, assessed the possible consequences after the adoption of the law on the day off on December 31.