The Plenary of the Congress of the Republic approved today, Thursday, April 27, to declare National holiday on June 7 in commemoration of the Battle of Arica and the Day of the Peruvian Flag.
The ruling on Bill 3132 had the support of 91 congressmen in the first vote, and with 82 votes in favor, it was possible to exonerate the substitute text from the second vote. Now it is up to the Executive Power to make it official through its publication in the Official Gazette El Peruano.
This January 7 marks the Battle of Arica and Flag Day. Photo: Andean
The autograph modifies Legislative Decree No. 713 that consolidates the legislation on paid breaks for workers subject to the private activity labor regime. In this line, it proposes to include June 7 as a holiday among the 12 that currently exist.
According to the initiative of Roberto Chiabra, This non-working and paid national holiday includes all public institutions and entities in the country.
Initiative approved was exonerated from the second vote. Photo: Congress/Twitter
Holidays 2023 remaining in Peru
- May Monday May 1: International Workers’ Day (Labor Day)
- June: Wednesday June 7 Thursday June 29: Saint Peter and Saint Paul
- July Friday July 28 and Saturday July 29: National Holidays
- August Sunday August 6: Battle of Junín; Wednesday August 30: Santa Rosa de Lima
- October Sunday October 8: Naval Combat of Angamos
- November Wednesday, November 1: All Saints’ Day
- December Friday December 8: Immaculate Conception; Saturday December 9: Battle of Ayacucho; Monday December 25: Christmas
What are the non-working days in 2023?
A review of non-working days in the public sector that govern from this 2023 until the beginning of 2024, in accordance with the supreme decree No. 151-2022-PCM:
- Monday, January 2, 2023
- Friday April 28, 2023
- Friday June 30, 2023
- Thursday, July 27, 2023
- Monday, October 9, 2023
- Thursday, December 7, 2023
- Tuesday, December 26, 2023
- Tuesday, January 2, 2024.
What is the difference between a non-working day and a holiday?
Holidays are defined by law and are paid, while non-working days are decreed by the Government of the day in favor of public sector employees, who must then compensate those hours.
There are 9 non-working days in the 2023 calendar. Photo: Andina
Non-Working Day April 28: Will You Get Triple Pay If You Work?
Every worker should know that if he works this Friday, April 28, he will receive his payment as a normal day and not a triple remuneration, since this date is not considered in its entirety as a holiday. Only in the latter case, the payment that your employer must make you is applied three times: once for the holiday, another for the work done and a surcharge of 100%.
What is commemorated on Flag Day?
On Flag Day the Battle of Aricaone of the bloody episodes War with Chile which lasted from 1879 to 1883. It was the last combat of the Tacna and Arica Campaign and it was carried out in 1880. This date is remembered the assault and the taking of the Morro de Arica.
Source: Larepublica
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