Does not include January 1, New Year, as it is on a Sunday
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, June 30. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The Government Council of the Canary Islands has approved the draft decree to determine the calendar of labor holidays of the autonomous community in 2023, within the annual limit of 14 days, and open the term in order to establish local holidays.
Specifically, the file considers as non-working days for labor purposes, of a paid and non-recoverable nature, all Sundays of the year and the holidays of January 6 for the Epiphany of the Lord; April 6, Holy Thursday; April 7, Good Friday; May 1, Labor Festival; May 30, Canary Islands Day; August 15, Assumption of the Virgin; October 12, National Holiday of Spain; November 1, All Saints; December 6, Spanish Constitution Day; December 8, Immaculate Conception; and December 25, Nativity of the Lord.
In the same way, it sets the labor holidays by islands: February 2, the feast of the Virgen de la Candelaria, in Tenerife; August 5, Our Lady of Las Nieves, in La Palma; September 8, Our Lady of the Pine, in Gran Canaria; September 15, Our Lady of the Volcanoes, in Lanzarote and La Graciosa, in addition to Our Lady of the Peña, in Fuerteventura; September 25, Our Lady of the Kings, in El Hierro; and October 9, Our Lady of Guadalupe, in La Gomera.
The regional decree with the calendar of labor holidays for 2023 does not include January 1, New Year, as the day coincides with a Sunday.
Finally, the text grants the Canarian city councils a month’s time, from the publication of the decree in the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands (BOC), to formulate their plenary proposals to the General Directorate of Labor, with the aim of setting up to two non-working days, paid and recoverable, with the character of local festivals that by tradition correspond to each municipality.
