To face the fact that May Day and Ascension Day are this year both the same day, the government already planned to make May 2 a public holiday. A new royal bill, adopted on January 25, allows social partners in sectors and companies to choose another date for this holiday. (Ref. 080072)
Social partners in branches and companies will be allowed to “choose the date that suits best companies’ economic requirements and workers’ desecrate,” the government specified, and choose another holiday than May 2, 2008, as planned in the June 3, 2007 Royal Decree. This conventional dispensation will first open in all sectors, until February 15, and then, from February 16, in companies, through the works’ council, or, if necessary, an agreement between the employer and the union delegation, o
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