Holidays again: Rostrud recalled a four-day work week in February

In February, Russians expect a long weekend and a shorter work week in connection with the celebration of Defender of the Fatherland Day on February 23, which falls on Sunday in 2020.

“In connection with the celebration of Defender of the Fatherland Day on February 23, which falls on Sunday this year, the day off is postponed to February 24, Monday. Thus, Russians will have one shortened working week from February 25 to February 28, ”the Rostrud press service reports to TASS.

The next long weekend is March 7-9, as International Women's Day also falls on Sunday. Thus, the next working week after them will last only four days - from March 10 to 13.

In May, in connection with the holiday of Spring and Labor and Victory Day, Russians will rest twice longer than usual: from the 1st to the 5th, and then from the 9th to the 11th.

In total, in 2020, after the New Year holidays and related weekends, Russians will have another six shortened working weeks.

In July, the Russian Cabinet approved the calendar of working days and days off in 2020. The document was prepared by the Ministry of Labor in accordance with article 112 of the Labor Code. The draft document was reviewed and approved at a meeting of the Russian tripartite commission on the regulation of social and labor relations, held on May 31.

According to the document, weekends on January 4 and 5 (Saturday and Sunday), coinciding with non-working holidays, are postponed to May 4 and 5. The decision was made "for the rational use by employees of weekends and non-working holidays." Thus, the duration of the New Year holidays was eight days.

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In summer, an additional day off will appear due to the celebration of Russia Day (June 12), which will fall on Friday. Finally, the fall will be a non-working day on Wednesday, November 4, when National Unity Day will be celebrated. As a result, in 2020, 248 working days and 118 days off are expected.

In January, VTsIOM presented the results of a survey according to which every second Russian (51%) was satisfied with long New Year holidays. At the same time, a third of respondents said they were against such a long rest. It is worth noting that for many days of rest, citizens spoke out who rated their financial situation as good, as well as young people under the age of 35.

Recall, before the New Year, the leadership of a number of Russian regions announced the decision to make December 31 a day off. In addition, in November, a bill was submitted to the State Duma proposing to declare the 31st day a non-working day throughout the country if this day is not a holiday according to the calendar.

The authors of the initiative, including State Duma Deputy Speaker Igor Lebedev, Head of the State Duma Committee on the Federal Structure Aleksey Didenko, deputy Elena Strokova and member of the Federation Council Sergey Leonov, note that postponing the weekend to December 31 "will allow workers and employers to more rationally use the weekend and non-working holidays and to balance the interests between workers, employers and trade unions. ”

Answering questions during a large press conference, Russian leader Vladimir Putin appreciated the opportunity to make Russia December 31 a day off and called it logical.

“As for the weekend of the 31st, in principle, in my opinion, this is logical, of course. But how to do it, is it possible and necessary to do it right now in a hurry, on the eve of the New Year’s right, I don’t know, ”the president said.

According to him, you just need to "calmly analyze everything, see so as not to cause damage."

In addition, the former Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev previously spoke out that in the near future the world economy could switch to a four-day work week, as technological progress contributes to this.

“The constant pursuit of success turns into systemic fatigue, chronic stress. All this leads to a decrease in labor productivity, which, in turn, affects economic indicators, ”Medvedev said at the International Labor Conference in Geneva.

After that, he instructed officials of the Ministry of Labor to evaluate the idea of ​​introducing four-day days in Russia. In October, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection prepared and sent to the government a report on the prospects for such an innovation. No specific decisions have been made so far.