on the basis of Section 133, Paragraph four of the Labour Law by Cabinet of Ministers order No. of 30 April 2024 .332 Paragraph 1 of the “on the postponement of working days in 2025” (hereinafter - order) is specified in institutions financed from the State budget, in which a five-day working week from Monday to Friday is determined, to postpone the working day:
- from Friday, May 2, 2025, to Saturday, May 10, 2025,
and
- Monday, November 17, 2025, to Saturday, November 8, 2025.
All local governments, merchants and organisations are advised to comply with Paragraph 1 of the order when determining work and rest periods.
in accordance with Section 133, Paragraph four of the Labour Law, if within the scope of the work week one working day falls between the public holiday and the rest period of the week, the employer may determine such working day as a holiday and transfer it to a Saturday in the same week or another week within the scope of the same month. . At the same time, Section 136, Paragraph eight of the Labour Law stipulates that if an employer determines one working day, which falls between a public holiday and a weekly rest period, as a holiday and transfers it to a Saturday in the same week or another week within the same month, in case of transfer of the working day the referred to work shall not be regarded as an overtime job U.. However, in accordance with Section 143, Paragraph six of the Labour Law, if an employer determines one working day falling between a public holiday and a weekly rest period as a holiday and transfers it to a Saturday in the same week or another week within the same month, the duration of the weekly rest period may not be less than 35 consecutive hours. . Consequently, the legislation on the transfer of working days laid down in the Labour Law provides for derogations from the general rules on working week duration. the
in the , we explain that the aim of the legislation on the transfer of working days is to organise work and rest periods more flexibly and effectively. . This ensures the continuity of weekly working hours in the week to which working days are transferred, while workers in another week are provided with a higher number of rest days that they can use at their discretion.
the If the working day is postponed, the week of the month to which it is postponed shall be deemed to be one working day more, while the week of the month from which the working day is postponed shall be one working day less. . The total number of working days in a calendar month does not change s.. The weekly working time organised in this way shall be considered as the normal working time of the relevant employee.
the amount of the rights of the employee of the shall be evaluated within the framework of the calendar month, not the duration of the individual working week. This is evidenced by Section 133, Paragraph four, Section 136, Paragraph eight and Section 143, Paragraph six of the Labour Law, expressly laying down derogations from the general provisions on working week duration. . In general case an employee within the scope of each calendar month has the right to work the amount of working days of the normal working time of the relevant month, which is also guaranteed to him or her in the situation when the transferred working day is determined in one of the months of the calendar year s.. In determining the transferred working days, within the scope of the relevant calendar month the total number of working days or rest days planned for the employee shall not change - as a result of the transferred working days, the working day shall change for places with the rest day:
relocated Labor day from Friday, May 2, 2025, to Saturday, May 10, 2025 , thus May 2, 2025 obtains the status of relocated vacation and May 10, 2025 postponed Labor day status. . given that 10 May 2025 (observed working day) is followed by a public holiday – Mother's day, 10 May 2025 is a pre-holiday day during which the duration of the working day in accordance with the Labour Law is to be reduced by one stund U..
- postponed Labor day from Monday, November 17, 2025 to Saturday, November 8, 2025, thus, November 17, 2025, obtains the status of postponed holiday. . If, on 17 November 2025, the duration of the working day to an employee on a pre-holiday day is to be reduced by one hour, the duration of the working day transferred on 8 November 2025 shall also be reduced by one hour. U..
- If an employee takes paid annual leave during the period during which the working days have been transferred, the holidays to which the working days have been transferred shall be considered as working days and shall be paid accordingly.
If the worker is in temporary incapacity for work during the period during which the working days have been transferred, the holidays to which the working days have been transferred shall be regarded as working days and shall be paid accordingly.
If the employee or employer has commenced work and the last day of the employment legal relationship is the transferred working day – since the day is determined as the working day, the employee must come to work and perform the work contracted in the employment contract.
If the employment relationship is established between the date on which the work was due to take place because it is the transferred working day and the day determined as a holiday, the employee is not required to attend the work on holiday.
If the employment relationship is established between the day determined as a holiday and the day on which the work is to be performed because it is the transferred working day, the employee must attend the work.
If an employee takes paid annual leave during the period during which the working days have been transferred, the holidays to which the working days have been transferred shall be regarded as working days and shall be paid accordingly.
If the worker is in temporary incapacity during the period during which the working days have been transferred, the holidays to which the working days have been transferred shall be regarded as working days and shall be paid accordingly. .
Here are some examples if an employee of the employer applying the order who has been hired a five-day working week wants to take paid annual leave:
- from May 5, 2025 to May 11, 2025, then 5 working days shall be paid during vacation - May 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10, 2025 (postponed working day status). .5 May 2025 is a holiday (in accordance with the provisions of the Law on for holidays, Remembrance and Memorable days, if the public holiday – May 4, falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the next working day shall be determined as a holiday). svētku svētku svētku
- from 2 May 2025 to 7 May 2025, 2 working days shall be paid during the leave period – 6 and 7 May 2025.
Attention! may 10, 2025 is the working day (the transferred working day) on which the employee is due to arrive at work! Moreover, the work performed on 10 May 2025 by the in accordance with Section 136, Paragraph eight of the Labour Law in case of transfer of the working day shall not be regarded as overtime work! On the other hand, the day covered by that paid annual leave – 2 May 2025 – is the rest day during the leave period. the
- from 10 November 2025 to 23 November 2025, 8 working days shall be paid during the leave period – 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 and 21 November 2025.
Attention! November 8, 2025 is the working day (relocated working day) on which the employee is due to arrive at work! Moreover, in accordance with Section 136, Paragraph eight of the Labour Law, in the case of transfer of the working day, the work performed on 8 November 2025 shall not be regarded as overtime work! On the other hand, the day covered by the annual paid leave – 17 November 2025 – is the rest day during the leave period. the
