Romanian Labour Code - Title III - Chapter 2 - Section 3

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Romanian Labour Code

General provisions
(Title I - art. 1-9)
The individual employment contract
(Title II - art. 10-107)
Working time and
rest period
(Title III - art. 108-153)
Remuneration
(Title IV - art. 154-170)
Health and safety
at work
(Title V - art. 171-187)
Vocational training
(Title VI - art. 188-213)
Social dialogue
(Title VII - art. 214-235)
Collective labour agreements
(Title VIII - art. 236-247)
Labour disputes
(Title IX - art. 248-253)
Labour Inspectorate
(Title X - art. 254-256)
Legal liability
(Title XI - art. 257-280¹)
Labour jurisdiction
(Title XII - art. 281-291)
Final and transitional provisions
(Title XIII - art. 292-298)

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TITLE III - Working time and rest period

CHAPTER 2 - Regular rest periods

SECTION 3 - Public holidays

Art. 139. [list of public holidays]
(1) The public holidays shall be as follows:
a) 1^st and 2^nd of January;
b) the first two Easter days;
c) 1^st of May;
d) 1^st of December;
e) the first two Christmas days;
f) two days for each of the two annual religious holidays, declared as such by legal religious denominations, other than Christian, for the persons belonging to those religious denominations.
(2) The days off shall be granted by the employer.

Art. 140. [special work schedules during public holidays]
With a view to ensuring the medical assistance and the supply with essential foodstuffs, appropriate work schedules for the health and food and beverage establishments shall be laid down by Government Decision, whose application shall be mandatory.

Art. 141. [uninterrupted activity in special cases]
The provisions of Article 134 shall not apply to workplaces where the activity cannot be interrupted due to the character of the production process or the specific features of the activity.

Art. 142. [compensation of work during public holidays]
(1) The employees working in the organizations provided for in Article 135 and in the workplaces provided for in Article 136 shall be provided adequate compensatory time off in the next 30 days.
(2) If, on duly justified grounds, no days off are granted, the employees shall benefit, for the activity performed during the public holidays, from an extra pay added to the basic pay, which may not be lower than 100% of the basic pay corresponding to the activity performed within the normal work schedule.

Art. 143. [establishment of other days off]
The applicable collective labour agreement may lay down other days off too.

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