In January, the residents of Russia are waiting for the already traditional winter holidays, the duration of which will be 10 days. What days do we rest on New Year's holidays in 2016 and when do we prepare for going to work?
How we rest for the New Year - 2016
New Year's holidays in 2016 will begin on January 1 (the first day of the year this time falls on Friday) and will continue until Sunday January 10. The next day, January 11, the first official working week of the new year will begin in Russia - and schoolchildren will begin their studies (the end of school holidays in schools operating according to the traditional "quarter" system this year coincides with the end of recreation for adults).
The January holidays in Russia are made up of holidays timed to coincide with the celebration of the New Year and Christmas and regular weekends, which are "added" to the holidays. In accordance with Russian law, holidays are dates from January 1 to January 8. But January 9 and 10 is a regular weekend, Saturday and Sunday. Therefore, for those who work a six-day week, New Year's holidays may end earlier: the administration has the right to demand that they go back to work on Saturday, January 9, or, in order not to "break" the working week, to postpone the beginning of the working year to Sunday.
Rescheduling the weekend to New Year's holidays in 2016
The duration of the January holidays in our country varies slightly every year - for example, in 2015 they lasted 11 days, in 2014 - only eight. How much we rest on New Year's holidays depends on the schedule for postponing weekends: according to the law, if a holiday falls on a weekend, then the day of rest is postponed. Sometimes these "extra" days are added to the winter rest, sometimes they are transferred to other months.
This year there are two days off for the holidays: Saturday 2 January and Sunday 3 January. Residents of the country will "take a walk" in the spring: one of the additional days off will be postponed to March 7, the second - to May 3. Thus, both International Women's Day and Spring and Labor Day will be marked by a four-day mini-vacation.
If we consider how we relax on New Year's holidays every day, then the schedule will look like this:
- January 1, Friday - holiday, New Year;
- January 2, Saturday - a holiday, the day off from this day is postponed to May 3;
- January 3, Sunday - a holiday, the day off from this day is postponed to March 7;
- January 4, Monday - public holiday;
- January 5, Tuesday - public holiday;
- January 6, Wednesday - public holiday;
- January 7, Thursday - holiday, Christmas;
- January 8, Friday - public holiday;
- January 9, Saturday - day off (excluding those working on a six-day week);
- January 10, Sunday - day off.
Is December 31 a day off or a workday?
Despite the fact that at least 8 days are allotted for the celebration of the New Year in Russia, additional days off are not relied on to prepare for this solemn event. The question of making December 31 a day off was already submitted to the State Duma for consideration - but this initiative was rejected.
Therefore, December 31, Thursday, will officially be a working day in 2015. It is considered pre-holiday, so the working day on New Year's Eve should be reduced by an hour.
