In the year 2024, the legal non-working holidays are:
– 1 and 2 January – New Year
– 6 January – Epiphany
– 7 January – Saint John the Baptist
– 24 January – Day of the Union of the Romanian Principalities
– 1 May – Labour Day
– 3 – 6 May – Orthodox Easter
– 1 June – Children’s Day
– 23 and 24 June – Rusals
– 15 August – Assumption of the Virgin Mary
– 30 November – Saint Andrew the Apostle
– 1 December – National Day of Romania
– 25 and 26 December – Christmas
Two days will also be granted for each of the three annual religious holidays declared as such by legal religious denominations other than Christianity for persons belonging to them.
For employees who belong to a legal Christian religious cult, days off for Good Friday – the last Friday before Easter, the first and second day of Easter, the first and second day of Pentecost are granted according to the date on which they are celebrated by that cult.
Employees who have been granted days off for Good Friday – the last Friday before Easter, the first and second day of Easter, the first and second day of Rusals, both on the dates established for the legal, Christian religious cult to which they belong and for another Christian cult, shall recover the additional days off on the basis of a schedule established by the employer.
Employees who work in workplaces where work cannot be interrupted due to the nature of the production process or the specific nature of the activity shall be compensated with appropriate time off within the next 30 days.
If, for justified reasons, days off are not granted, employees shall be entitled, for work performed on public holidays, to an increase in basic salary which may not be less than 100% of the basic salary corresponding to work performed during normal working hours.