There are many citizens and workers who wonder If they should go to work during important festivities such as Holy Week. Good Friday, which in 2024 falls on March 29, is a holiday throughout Spain.
Furthermore, in some autonomous communities it is also Holy Thursday, March 28, as is the case in Andalusia. In which three cases should you go to work even if it is a holiday, as is the case these two days?
When you have been hired exclusively to work on weekends or holidays. That is, when your employment contract aims to work during those dates.
When it is included in the applicable collective agreement, or failing that, when it has been agreed in the employment contract. Review both documents very carefully to find out if you have the right to rest during the Easter holidays. When the company or employer requires you to causes of force majeure, whether technical or organizational. If something extraordinary happens in your workplace, the company may force you to work during Easter even if it is not usual.
Only in these three cases you must work on during Easter. However, collective agreements such as those in hospitality or healthcare cover work on holidays, including these vacations that some of you will enjoy.
In any case, if you work during Easter due to one of these three situations, it must be compensated economically (paying hours 75% more expensive than usual) or granting days of rest).