In 2023, Romanians will have 15 legal days off according to the Labor Code, three of which will be public holidays. New Year’s Day, the first day of Easter and the first day of Pentecost will be Sunday.

Public holidays on which they are closed:

• January 1 and 2 – New Year (Sunday, Monday);
• January 24 – Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities (Tuesday);
• April 14 – Good Friday;
• April 16 and 17 – the first and second day of Orthodox Easter (Sunday, Monday);
• May 1 – Labor Day (Monday);
• June 1 – Children’s Protection Day (Thursday);
• June 4 and 5 – the first and second day of Pentecost (Sunday, Monday);
• August 15 – Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Tuesday);
• November 30 – Andriy Pervozvanny (Thursday);
• December 1 – National Day of Romania (Friday);
• December 25 and 26 – the first and second day of Christmas (Monday, Tuesday).

The Labor Code also provides for two days off for each of the 3 annual religious holidays declared by such legal religious cults, other than Christian, for persons belonging to them. Days off are provided by the employer. Employees who belong to a legitimate, Christian religious cult are given days off on Good Friday – the last Friday before Easter, the first and second day of Easter, the first and second day of Pentecost, depending on the number on which they are observed. of that cult

The government on Wednesday approved a decree according to which employees of state institutions and authorities will be given days off on January 23, June 2 and August 14 next year, and these dates fall between non-working holidays and weekends.

These days will have to be restored by extending working hours until February 28, 2023, June 30, 2023, and August 31, 2023, respectively. (source Agerpres) (source photo in Dreamstime article)