The new year will begin in the old. New Year will start in the old December 31 red day or not
The question that the last day of the year should be made a day off was submitted for consideration by the deputies of the Liberal Democratic Party. Now officially December 31 is a working day, although it can be called such with a huge stretch. Many organizations in last days December "let go" of their employees to prepare for the holiday, some take a couple of days at their own expense to go on a trip and meet New Year not on the road, in a place of rest. And those few who still spend December 31 at the workplace, as a rule, think not so much about work as about the upcoming holiday. This is what the deputies of the Liberal Democratic Party “rested” on.
The authors of the bill proposed to "displace" new year holidays for one day, moving the day off from January 8 to December 31. In their opinion, this would create a “positive emotional background” in the country and facilitate preparations for the holiday.
However, the State Duma Labor Committee did not support the idea of making December 31 a day off and recommended rejecting the bill in the first reading.
Why is December 31st a working day?
Mikhail Tarasenko, First Deputy of the Labor Committee, believes that the authors of the bill took a superficial look at the situation. He believes that December 31 should remain a working day, because by the first day of the New Year, all financial calculations for the old one should already be carried out. And, if you make this day a holiday, then according to the law, all those people who have to go to work on this day will have to pay double wages.
In addition, Mikhail Tarasenko recalled that December 31 is officially considered a pre-holiday day, when the working day is reduced by one hour. In his opinion, this is quite enough for pre-holiday preparations.
Thus, in the question of whether December 31 is a day off or a working day, another bullet point was put. The last day of the year remains a working day, and according to the law, Russians can only count on being able to leave work an hour earlier.
In 2017 December 31st is Sunday. Accordingly, many citizens of Russia are lucky, because on the last day of the old year they will be able to prepare for the holiday, and not spend time at work.
The New Year 2018 will come very soon, but for now, the Russians are trying to find out how they will spend the last days of the outgoing year. Many will spend these days in New Year's bustle or in the family circle, but not all Russians are so lucky, some will work.
December 31, 2017 holiday or not: the last day of 2017 is a holiday
Many Russians who work 5 or 6 days a week will receive a legal day off on Sunday, December 31st.
What does it mean that December 31, 2017 is a day off in Russia.
But not everyone will be so lucky, for a certain category of workers this day will still be working. These categories include:
- entertainment workers;
- firefighters;
- doctors;
- public transport workers;
- law enforcement officers;
- guards;
- catering workers.
Almost until the very beginning of 2018, trade establishments will actively accept their customers.
December 31, 2017 holiday or not: it became known the schedule of the weekend for 2018
In 2018, many employees are waiting for the so-called New Year holidays. Indeed, in the New Year, the Russians will rest for the first 10 days: from 12/30/2017 to 01/08/2018.
December 31, 2017 holiday or not: the work of the Moscow metro on New Year's Eve
In honor of the New Year, the Moscow Metro has adjusted its schedule. From 31.12 to 01.01 the metro will operate without interruption and closing for the night.
This decision was made a year ago, because the residents of the capital hinted that such a decision would give them a lot of opportunities, and the authorities made concessions to citizens and would not close new year's eve the fastest and most convenient public transport.
Residents of Moscow, as well as guests of the capital, have the opportunity to get to New Year's Eve anywhere in the city without any problems. Since during the festive period in Moscow there are huge traffic jams of 10 points out of 10, and people need to buy a lot of gifts, get ready for the holiday, it was decided not to close the metro. After all, on personal transport on Moscow roads, you can not be in time anywhere.
With a shift work schedule, the situation is somewhat different than with workers with five and six-day working weeks, unfortunately. According to paragraph 4 of Art. 91 of the Labor Code, each enterprise is obliged to record the time worked by members of the labor collective. At the same time, the code defines the maximum norms for the duration of work time, which in the standard version are equal to 40 hours per week (8 hours per day) with a 5-day working day. For some categories of employees defined by law, the temporary working standard is reduced and amounts to 24, 35 or 36 hours.
Accounting for labor time can be done in several ways. If the daily regime of work involves the same number of hours, then the daily method of accounting for hours worked is applied. If during the week the working days are uneven in duration, although the total working time is equal from week to week, then weekly accounting is used.
Shift work is different in that it is quite difficult to comply with the established norms for the duration of work - both during the day and during the week, therefore it is impossible to apply the daily method of accounting, while the weekly method is used, but rarely. More often in such cases, the summarized method is used, within the framework of which a shift work schedule is drawn up for employees. If the schedule is drawn up incorrectly or unforeseen circumstances intervene (illness of a shift, force majeure, etc.), as a result of the execution of the planned shifts, hours of work are formed that go beyond the norms established in the code. Thus, it is worth talking about the essence of the summarized accounting of hours worked in more detail. Summarized accounting of hours worked is devoted to Art. 104 of the Labor Code, which defines such a method as the calculation of working hours in aggregate over a pre-selected period. That is, work shifts different days in time may be unequal and go beyond the limits established by law limit standards. Can also be uneven and beyond the maximum duration labor activity and work weeks. At the same time, summed up for a month (quarter, half year, year), the time standard for the duration of the performance of work duties must be observed and correspond to that specified in the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. The fact of applying the summarized accounting method and the reporting period are established by the internal documentation of the organization. Work on a non-working holiday is work that is performed in conditions that deviate from normal, as well as work at night (Article 149 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation). In this regard, the employee is made the appropriate payments provided for by labor legislation and other regulatory legal acts containing labor law norms, collective and labor contracts, agreements, local regulations. According to Art. 153 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, if the work shift falls on a non-working holiday, it is paid in the following amounts:
pieceworkers - at least at double piecework rates;
employees whose work is paid at daily and hourly tariff rates - in the amount of at least double the daily or hourly tariff rate;
employees receiving a salary (official salary):
in the amount of at least a single daily or hourly rate (part of the salary (official salary) per day or hour of work) in excess of the salary (official salary), if work on a weekend or non-working holiday was performed within the monthly norm of working time;
in the amount of at least double the daily or hourly rate (part of the salary (official salary) per day or hour of work) in excess of the salary (official salary), if the work was carried out in excess of the monthly norm of working time.
At the same time, this article states that the employer can set the specific amount of wages on a weekend or non-working holiday on his own, but not lower than the amounts provided for by law.
Thus, if an employee’s shift falls on a non-working holiday and a few more hours fall at night, he is entitled to two additional payments:
for work on a holiday (Article 153 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation);
for work at night (Article 96 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation).
So, in this case, the change should be paid as follows:
hours actually worked on a non-working holiday are paid at least twice the amount (except when, at the request of the employee, he is given another day of rest);
wages for each hour of work at night should be increased by at least 20%.
December 2018 calendar has 31 days. Of these, 10 days are holidays or weekends and 21 are working days. According to the Gregorian calendar, December begins on Saturday and ends on Monday.
Weekend in December: December 1, Saturday; December 2, Sunday; December 8, Saturday; December 9, Sunday; December 15, Saturday; December 16, Sunday; December 22, Saturday; December 23, Sunday; December 30, Sunday; December 31, Friday - rescheduled day off from December 29. Before the New Year (January 1), Russians get 2 days off: December 30 and 31.
January, despite the fact that it has 31 days, is traditionally the shortest working month in the Russian Federation. This is due to the long New Year holidays. According to Article 112 of the Labor Code Russian Federation non-working public holidays in January 2019 are:
January 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 - New Year holidays and January 7 - Christmas. According to the government decree on the transfer public holidays in 2019, New Year holidays will run from December 30, 2018 to January 8, 2019.
Weekends on January 5 and 6, 2019, which coincide with non-working holidays, will be moved to May 2 and 3, respectively. As a result, working days in January 2019 are 17 days, and holidays and weekends are 14 days. With a five-day, 40-hour working week, the standard working time in January is 136 hours.
Where to go on vacation in December 2018
Ideas for those who are ready for winter and unusual holidays
Stay on an icebreaker. We are flying to Arkhangelsk - only an hour and a half from Moscow, round-trip tickets cost from 5800 rubles. Right in the center of the city, at the pier of the Sea and River Station, you can visit the Icebreaking Watch excursion. On board a real working icebreaker, which has been escorting ships through the White Sea and the Northern Dvina all winter.
If you want to feel like a polar explorer more thoroughly, you can
to go to the North on New Year's Eve, with the crew of an icebreaker, when he will see the ships through the waters of the port of Arkhangelsk - or even reach the White Sea. Just keep in mind that the adventure is entirely dependent on the weather.
Meet the shaman on Chumovaya Street. Khanty-Mansiysk has been chosen as the New Year's capital of Russia this year. They will celebrate here for a whole month, from December 9 to January 7. The city will build a new street - Chumovaya.
With chums instead of houses and reindeer sledge tracks instead of roads. There you can meet with a shaman, take part in the rituals and games of the Khanty and Mansi peoples. City restaurants prepare menus with local delicacies: dumplings with whitefish, venison sausage, pine nuts in honey.
Many people start celebrating the New Year on the morning of December 31st. And it is quite clear the desire of many to move away on this day from everyday work and various production issues. After all, there is so much to do, given that there are long New Year holidays ahead, which need to be devoted to holidays and a good rest from worries. After all, many people have earned it through hard work. In addition, there is always a desire to spend the old year with dignity.
So, despite the fact that the New Year holidays are ahead for the majority of the population of our country every year, many fellow citizens are concerned about the question of whether lawmakers will make December 31 a day off. Indeed, in a matter of hours before the new year, a lot needs to be done, for example:
Buy food and cook festive table;
stock up on gifts for your loved ones;
tidy up your appearance;
congratulate all your relatives and friends;
Finally, put up and beautifully decorate the Christmas tree.
Therefore, many would like to rest on December 31 instead of January 8, since in fact this day is already beyond the scope of the holiday.
What do we have today
In fact, the problem with the holiday on December 31 is solved automatically in 2016 and 2017, since in these 2 years the pre-holiday day falls on Saturday and Sunday. However, if December 31 in other years falls on weekdays, then labor legislation makes it possible to reduce the working day by one hour. These are the realities today, and there's no getting away from them. It is quite possible that parliamentarians will finally decide to make adjustments, but more on that below.
At the same time, there are also people in the administration of many companies who are happy to let their employees go home early. In addition, there are enough firms that allow people not to go to work at all on this day.
Regional authorities have the right to declare December 31 a day off today. So, for example, they did it on the eve of 2016 in Sevastopol. In many ways, this was due not only to concern for people, but also to objective reasons caused by the energy blockade by Ukraine.
Should we expect changes in the future?
From time to time, deputies come up with an initiative to make December 31 a day off instead of January 8. The first legislative proposals appeared in 2014. They were prompted by human logic, which suggests that it is unlikely that most people will work at full strength on this day. And if so, then declaring a day off is quite reasonable. But the voice of the deputies has not yet been heard by their colleagues.
Moreover, the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation opposes declaring December 31 a day off. This is due to the fact that it is at the very end of the year that the lion's share of all budget calculations falls. Therefore, if December 31 becomes a holiday, then employees of budgetary institutions will receive a certain increase in salary, which will entail an additional burden on the state treasury.
Be that as it may, the issue of giving December 31 the status of an official day off will be repeatedly raised in all the corridors of power. And there is hope that sooner or later people will still have a rest on the last day of the outgoing year.
