August 15th, which this year (2024) falls on a Thursday, has been established by law as a mandatory holiday (art. 193 PD 80/2022, art. 60 law 4808/2021). On mandatory holidays, the employment of employees and the operation of businesses are prohibited, except for those that legally operate on Sundays and during mandatory holidays.
As stated in the relevant announcement, the following applies to the pay for Thursday, August 15, 2024:
For businesses that don’t work
In businesses that are not operating, the usual daily wage is paid, without any surcharge, to those who are paid a daily wage, while those who are paid a salary are paid their monthly salary.
For businesses that operate legally
The employees who will be employed are entitled to:
1) if they are paid a daily wage, their usual daily wage and a 75% surcharge, which will be calculated in their legal hourly wage for all the hours they work,
2) in the event that employees are paid a monthly salary:
a) if it is about businesses that are late on Sundays and public holidays and will be operating on August 15th, 1/25 of their usually paid salary and an additional 75% surcharge on the legal daily wage for all the hours they are employed are due,
b) if it concerns businesses that legally operate on Sundays and other statutory holidays, only a 75% surcharge is due, which is calculated at 1/25 of their legal daily wage for as many hours as they are employed.
In addition, employees should be aware that:
– It is not legal to set off a day of due rest (day off) with a mandatory holiday.
– Employees who are on leave are also entitled to the daily wage of August 15th, but this day is not counted among the working days of their leave.
– In the event that more favorable terms apply (e.g. from a Collective Labor Agreement (CLA), work regulation, business custom or custom) regarding the pay increments for work on a mandatory holiday or Sunday, these prevail.
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