The tourism sector in Peru has continued to reactivate.

Many consult the calendar 2023 know what are the holidays of this year, the days off and long weekends to plan vacations, group outings or take advantage of these dates to disconnect from the noise of the city and travel with the family to different places.

This calendar of holiday 2023 This is the perfect opportunity to take the diary and define the ideal days to go on a trip or ask for the long-awaited vacation, whether summer or winter, and take the opportunity to make trips within the country or to that destination that you have been postponed for a long time. In addition, with planning it will allow you to save even more so that you do not have financial difficulties when visiting new destinations.

January

Sunday January 1: New Year

FEBRUARY

no vacation

March

no vacation

April

April 6: Maundy Thursday (Holy Week)

April 7: Good Friday (Holy Week)

April 9: Easter Sunday (Holy Week)

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Monday, May 1: Labor Day

June

Saturday June 24: Inti Raymi (Inca Festival of the Sun)

Thursday, June 29: Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

July

Friday, July 28: National Independence Party

Saturday July 29: National Independence Day

August

Wednesday, August 30 Feast of Santa Rosa de Lima

September

no vacation

October

Sunday October 8: Celebration of the Battle of Angamos

November

Wednesday, November 1: All Saints

December

Friday, December 8: Immaculate Conception Day

Saturday, December 9: Day of the Battle of Ayacucho

Monday, December 25: Christmas

The bone vacation are decreed by the government, but it is estimated that by 2023, there will be around ten a long vacationsince many dates declared as public holidays fall between Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, but it will be necessary to wait for the confirmation of the State which authorizes non-working days.

These festive bridges are:

– New Year’s week: Friday 30 and Saturday 31 December, and Sunday 1 January

– Holy Week: From April 6 to 9

– Public holidays: From July 28 to 30

– Combat d’Angamos: From October 6th to 8th

– Second week of December: From December 8 to 10

– Christmas: From December 23 to 25

seven will be days off in 2023, according to the latest decree of the Peruvian government and contrary to public holidays, the hours not worked must be compensated in the following weeks, this with a prior agreement between the worker and the employer. On this date, there is no additional payment, as these days are not classified as public holidays.

– 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.

January 18: Anniversary of the Lima Foundation

February 14: Valentine’s Day

February 18: Cajamarca Carnival

March 8: Women’s Day

April 26: Secretaries’ Day

May 14: Mother’s Day

June 18: Father’s Day

June 21: Andean New Year

August 15: Anniversary of the Huánuco and Arequipa Foundation

Despite the fact that certain dates are festive in Peru, many workers will continue to provide services if their jobs require it, since certain basic services such as drinking water, sewage or drainage, and electricity do not occur. don’t stop. In these cases yesand a formal employee works and you do not benefit from a subsequent rest in compensation, then you must receive triple payment on the day, one for the day worked and two additional ones.

The worker must take into account that the work is not considered to have been performed on a public holiday if the shift begins the day before the public holiday and ends on the non-working day (morning shift).

Non-working days are taken by workers for internal tourism
Non-working days are taken by workers for internal tourism

days off they are compensable and are only compulsory for the public sector. In other words, the worker who takes the day must compensate for the 8 hours not worked within the following 10 days or according to the schedule indicated by his direct boss.

While for employees in the private sector, who can also benefit from the measure prior agreement between the employer and workers, the mode of compensation for hours must be coordinated with the company in which one works.

He Monday, January 2, 2023 was also declared public holiday as well as Friday, December 30, to encourage domestic tourism, affected by the latest popular protests in the country.

The bone days off These are hours of work that must then be compensated, according to the schedule established by the employer, so the worker who works on that day will not be able to exchange the day for another as if it were a public holiday , the only advantage it will have is that you won’t have to stay an extra hour or two outside of your normal working hours.

Only in the case of a National Holidaythe employee, according to company regulations, can exchange that day for another, as long as he had to work that day.

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