As a result of various queries that our clients have raised with us in relation to the compensation of public holidays worked in the hospitality sector, we are pleased to inform you of the following:
1.- The working holidays with paid and non-recoverable character that are worked, may, by mutual agreement between the company and the worker:
- To be accumulated to the annual leave period
- To be enjoyed continuously in a different period
- To be taken on a different day accumulated to the weekly rest period
If no agreement is reached, shall be cumulated with the holiday period. Holidays falling within the holiday period shall not be deemed to have been taken.
When holidays are compensated on a continuous basis, accumulating them to the annual holiday period or to be taken in another different period, as many working days shall be established as holidays worked, and their enjoyment may not coincide with the rest days that would normally have been taken if they had been worked.
When a working holiday during the week coincides with a rest day that has been established during the same, this holiday shall not be considered as having been taken, and shall be considered as having been worked.
2.- The holiday worked may be financially compensated and included month by month in the payroll or in the settlement. The amount to be paid is obtained with the usual daily wage and 75% is added to it. Thus, if a worker's daily salary is €35, and he/she is compensated for a holiday, he/she will be paid €61.25 for that holiday.