An additional three days off in 2024 for public holidays in Romania

Oana Vasiliu 27/12/2023 | 09:44

The upcoming year will bring state employees extra days off in May, August, and December while the government has decided that May 2, August 16, and December 27 are holidays for state employees in 2024, strategically placed to create extended breaks around legal holidays and weekends.

The list of public holidays in 2024 includes:

January 1 and 2 (New Year’s)
January 6 and 7 (Epiphany and St. John the Baptist’s Day)
January 24 (Union of the Romanian Principalities)
May 1 (Labor Day)
May 3 (Good Friday)
May 5 and 6 (Orthodox Easter)
June 1 (Children’s Day)
June 23 and 24 (Pentecost)
August 15 (the Assumption of Mary)
November 30 (St. Andrew)
December 1 (National Day of Romania)
December 25 and 26 (Christmas)

Under labor law, persons belonging to legal religions other than Christian worship receive two days for each of the three annual religious holidays.

In Romania, employees are legally entitled to paid annual leave, with a minimum duration of 20 working days, as specified in the individual employment contract. Additionally, according to the law, besides annual leave, Romanian employees are entitled to paid days off for special family events, including marriage (5 days), the birth or marriage of a child (3 days), and the death of a spouse or a relative up to and including the second degree (3 days).