Government Announces Public Workers Holiday Period
November 25th, 2009 | by admin |Note on your calendar the dates December 19, 2009 to January 4, 2010, as the date the public sector employees are off on their Christmas/Year End vacation.
The ministro de la Presidencia, Rodrigo Arias, made the announcement yesterday, in effect giving the order to all heads of government institutions and agencies to shut down for the holidays.
Public sector employees will actually have eight days off: December 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30 and 31. All the other days are Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays (December 25 and January1).
Arias added that instructions are being sent to those institutions and agencies that provide “emergency” services, to adjust their schedules and staff rotations to guarantee services to the public.
