This week we will have a new festive bridge or long weekend in the country, because in order to promote domestic tourism, the government has established seven non-working days in the year for public sector workers nationwide. One of them will be this Friday, October 7, the eve of the national holiday to commemorate the Combat of Angamos.
This is established by Supreme Decree No. 033-2022-PCM and in this note we tell you for which workers this non-working holiday applies:
What is a non-working holiday?
In order to promote domestic tourism, the Government establishes for the public sector non-working days, which are subject to compensation or recovery of hours not worked, which added to ordinary holidays, create favorable weekends for the development of internal tourism, which has a positive impact on it.
hours compensation
The hours left to work during non-working days, provided in the aforementioned decree, will be compensated within 10 days immediately following or at the opportunity established by the entity according to its needs.
Does it apply to the private sector?
The work centers private sector may take advantage of non-working days prior agreement between the employer and its workers, who must establish the way in which the recovery of the hours left to work will be effective. In the absence of agreement, the employer will decide.
Activities that can be excluded
Article number 5 of the respective regulation establishes that public entities and private sector companieswhich carry out activities such as “health and sanitation services, cleaning and sanitation, electricity, water, drainage, gas and fuel, burials, communications and telecommunications, transportation, ports, airports, security, custody, surveillance, and transfer of valuables and sale of groceries and food, They will have the power to decide and determine which are the job positions that, due to the characteristics and importance of their position, they must work during Friday, October 7.
In this way, it seeks to guarantee basic services to the community.
What is celebrated on October 8
This Saturday October 8 the Combat of Angamos and the national hero Miguel Grau are commemorated, also known as ‘The Knight of the Seas’, who died in the Huáscar monitor during this combat that took place a few miles from Punta Angamos, on October 8, 1879, during the war with Chile.
According to historical records, at 10:55 am that day, that unequal naval clash began. The Chilean Cochrane and Blanco Encalada armored cars prevailed over the brave Huáscar monitor. The Peruvian ship fought for more than an hour in the Battle of Angamos.
That day Rear Admiral Miguel Grau Seminario died heroically, as well as First Lieutenant Diego Ferré, Lieutenant Commander Elías Aguirre and Lieutenant Melitón Rodríguez, among other heroes who sailed along with the Huáscar.
Why is Grau considered a national hero and a hero of the Peruvian Navy? Because Despite the material superiority of the enemy, Grau decided to fight instead of fleeing to Arica, an option that might be executed as it was faster than the large southern armored vehicles. Being captured, the monitor sealed her intervention in the Pacific War (1879-1883).
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