Employees in both the public and private sectors are preparing for an extended official holiday, starting on Thursday and continuing until Monday – totaling five consecutive days.
This comes in accordance with official decisions issued by the relevant authorities and labor laws.
Five Days of Paid Leave
This holiday is one of the longest consecutive breaks of the year, combining religious occasions, weekends, and a national holiday.
These holidays come within the framework of a decision issued by the Minister of Labor, which stipulated granting Coptic Christian employees in the private sector five days of official paid leave during their religious holidays.
According to the decision, Christian employees will receive Thursday, April 9th, as an official holiday for Maundy Thursday; Friday and Saturday, April 10th and 11th, as regular weekend holidays; Sunday, April 12th, as an official holiday for Easter; and Monday, April 13th, as an official holiday for Sham al-Nessim, for all citizens.
This brings the total holiday to five consecutive days, combining religious occasions and official holidays.
Holidays for Different Denominations
The decisions were not limited to a specific denomination; they also included Christian employees from both the Catholic and Protestant denominations.
The decision stipulated that they would be granted official paid holidays for occasions such as New Year’s Day, Christmas, and Easter, under a framework of unifying rights and equal opportunities for all employees.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
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