Sources and references
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Sources and references
- 5 U.S.C. § 6103 — HolidaysUS
- Algerian Official Journal No. 30 — Law 05-06DZ
- Algerian Official Journal No. 43 — Law 23-10DZ
- Algerian Official Journal No. 46 — Law 18-12DZ
- Alþingi — Lög um helgihald þjóðkirkjunnar og fleira nr. 32/1997IS
- American Samoa Bar Association / American Samoa Legislature — American Samoa Code Annotated § 1.0501AS
- Asamblea Legislativa de la República de Costa Rica — Código de Trabajo de la República de Costa RicaCR
- Asamblea Legislativa de la República de El Salvador — Código de Trabajo (Artículo 190 - Días de asueto remunerado)SV
- Asamblea Nacional de la República de Nicaragua — Ley No. 222, Ley de Feria Nacional y del Día de la Batalla de San JacintoNI
- Asamblea Nacional de Panamá — Código de Trabajo de la República de PanamáPA
- Assemblée des Députés du Peuple — Loi n° 029-97/ADP portant institution de fêtes légales et de jours chômés et payés au Burkina FasoBF
- Assemblée Nationale / Secrétariat Général du Gouvernement de la République Togolaise — Loi N° 97-08 du 30 mai 1997 portant fixation des jours fériés légaux en République togolaiseTG
- Assemblée Nationale de la République Centrafricaine — Loi n° 97.014 portant fixation des jours fériés en République CentrafricaineCF
- Assemblée Nationale de la République de Djibouti — Loi n° 190/AN/07/5ème L portant fixation des jours fériés chômés et payés en République de DjiboutiDJ
- Assemblée Nationale du Burundi — Code du Travail du BurundiBI
- Assemblée Nationale du République du Mali — Loi N°95-073 / AN-RM Fixant les Fêtes Légales en République du MaliML
- Assembleia da República — Lei n.º 10/2011 de 14 de JulhoMZ
- Assembleia Nacional — Lei n.º 10/11 de 16 de Fevereiro - Lei dos Feriados Nacionais e Locais e Datas de Histórica RelevânciaAO
- Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia — Holiday Act 1951MY
- Attorney General's Chambers, Turks and Caicos Islands — Public Holidays OrdinanceTC
- Attorney-General's Department, Australian Government — Public Holidays Act 2010 (Cocos (Keeling) Islands)CC
- Australian Government Fair Work Ombudsman — Public HolidaysAU
- Australian Government Federal Register of Legislation — Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance 2015NF
- Azerbaijan Labour Code Article 105 — HolidaysAZ
- Azerbaijan Ministry of Labour — 2026 production calendarAZ
- Banco Central de São Tomé e Príncipe — Calendário oficial e feriados bancáriosST
- Bank of Albania 2026 official bank holiday scheduleAL
- Bank of Albania official public-holiday calendarAL
- Beskæftigelsesministeriet — Danske helligdage og overenskomstfastsatte fridageDK
- Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) — Calendario de fiestas laboralesES
- Brazilian Ministry of Management and Innovation — National Public HolidaysBR
- Bundeskanzleramt Österreich — Offizielles Verzeichnis der gesetzlichen FeiertageAT
- Bureau of Experts at the Council of Ministers (Saudi Arabia) — Royal Decree No. A/128SA
- Cabinet Division, Government of Pakistan — Cabinet Division Public Holidays NotificationPK
- Cabinet Office, Government of Japan (内閣府) — 国民の祝日について (National Holidays)JP
- Cámara de Diputados — Ley Federal del Trabajo Art. 74 (Días de descanso obligatorio)MX
- Canada Labour Code — federal general holidaysCA
- Centre National de Législation de Madagascar — Décret fixant les jours fériés, chômés et payésMG
- Civil Service Bureau, Kingdom of Bahrain — Civil Service Bureau Official Public Holidays - Kingdom of BahrainBH
- Commonwealth of Australia — Christmas Island Act 1958CX
- Compiler of Laws, Supreme Court of Guam — Guam Code Annotated, Title 1, Chapter 4, § 4203. Public HolidaysGU
- Congreso de Colombia — Ley 51 de 1983 - Con el cual se trasladan algunos días festivosCO
- Congreso de la Nación del Paraguay (BACN) — Ley N° 8/1990 que determina los feriados de la RepúblicaPY
- Congreso de la República de Guatemala — Decreto Número 17-2018 Ley del Día del EjércitoGT
- Congreso Nacional de Honduras — Código del Trabajo, Decreto No. 189-1959HN
- Congreso Nacional de la República Dominicana — Ley No. 139-97 que fija los días feriados en la República DominicanaDO
- Congress of the Philippines — Republic Act No. 9492PH
- Consiglio Grande e Generale — Legge 19 settembre 1921 n. 21 - Feste NazionaliSM
- Cook Islands Ministry of Internal Affairs — Public Holidays Act 1999CK
- CyLaw — Ο περί Δημοσίων Αργιών Νόμος (ΚΕΦ. 273)CY
- date-holidays worldwide holiday dataset
- De Nationale Assemblée — Wet houdende vaststelling van de algemene vrije en erkende nationale feestdagenSR
- Department of Justice, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region — General Holidays Ordinance (Cap. 149)HK
- Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Washington D.C. — Embassy of Egypt in Washington D.C. - Official HolidaysEG
- Embassy of the Republic of Bangladesh in the Republic of Uzbekistan — Public HolidaysBD
- Employment New Zealand — Public Holidays and Statutory LeaveNZ
- Faroese legal database — flag-flying regulation (Kunngerð no. 73)FO
- Federal Ministry of Interior, Nigeria — Public Holidays Declarations and Statutory NoticesNG
- Federal Office of Justice (Bundesamt für Justiz BJ) — Gesetzliche Feiertage der SchweizCH
- Finlands Riksdag / Ålands Lagting — Finlands författningssamling 47/1992 (Lag om the åländska hembygdsrätten jämte ändringar)AX
- Finlex — Laki virallisista vapaapäivistä ja kirkkolaistaFI
- Gaceta Oficial de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela — LOTTT Art. 184 (Días feriados)VE
- Gazeta Zyrtare e Republikës së Kosovës — Ligji Nr. 03/L-064 për Festat ZyrtareXK
- German Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community (BMI) — Gesetzliche FeiertageDE
- Gobierno de Argentina — Calendario de Feriados NacionalesAR
- Gobierno de la República de Guinea Ecuatorial — Fiestas Nacionales y Días FestivosGQ
- Gobierno del Perú — Feriados nacionales y días no laborablesPE
- Gouvernement de la République de Côte d'Ivoire — Loi n° 2013-535 portant fixation des fêtes légalesCI
- Gouvernement du Niger — Loi n° 97-20 fixant les fêtes légales en République du NigerNE
- Gouvernement du Sénégal / Primature — Fêtes légales et jours fériés chômésSN
- GOV.UK official bank holiday calendarGB
- Govern d'Andorra — Llei 30/2022, del 21 de juliol, qualificada de la relació de festes laborals per a l'any 2023AD
- Government of Anguilla — Public Holidays Act (Revised Statutes Chapter P130)AI
- Government of Antigua and Barbuda — Laws of Antigua and Barbuda (Public Holidays Act)AG
- Government of Bermuda — Public Holidays Act 1947BM
- Government of Canada federal labour standards — general holidaysCA
- Government of Curaçao — Algemene feestdagenCW
- Government of Grenada — Labor Code / Public Holidays ActGD
- Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions — Public HolidaysIN
- Government of Malta — National Holidays and other Public Holidays Act (Chapter 252)MT
- Government of Montserrat — Public Holidays Act and Official NoticesMS
- Government of Saint Lucia — Saint Lucia Labour Code, Chapter 16.04LC
- Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — Public Holidays Act and Official NoticesVC
- Government of Sint Maarten — Official Public Holidays ScheduleSX
- Government of the Bahamas — Bahamas Legislation (Public Holidays Act)BS
- Government of the Cayman Islands — Public Holidays Law (2007 Revision)KY
- Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica — The Public Holidays ActDM
- Government of the Netherlands (Rijksoverheid) — Officiële feestdagen in NederlandNL
- Government of the Virgin Islands — Public Holidays and Official NoticesVG
- Governo da Guiné-Bissau — Decreto n.º 1/2023 (Feriados Nacionais e Tolerâncias de Ponto)GW
- Granma — Día de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, 2 DecemberCU
- Haut-commissariat de la République en Polynésie française — Arrêté n° 1489 PR du 18 décembre 2023 fixant la liste des jours fériés chômés et payés en Polynésie française pour l'année 2024PF
- Hellenic Parliament / National Printing House — Κώδικας Ατομικού Εργατικού Δικαίου (Π.Δ. 80/2022 - ΦΕΚ Α' 222/04.12.2022)GR
- HM Government of Gibraltar — Gibraltar Laws (Banking and Public Holidays Act)GI
- House of Commons Library bank and public holidays briefingGB
- Hrvatski sabor — Zakon o blagdanima, spomendanima i neradnim danima u Republici HrvatskojHR
- Hungarian Parliament — Magyar Közlöny (Labour Code and Public Holidays Act)HU
- Imprensa Nacional de Cabo Verde — Boletim Oficial da República de Cabo VerdeCV
- Journal Officiel de la République Gabonaise — Loi n° 63/63 fixant les fêtes légalesGA
- Kementerian Agama, Kementerian Ketenagakerjaan, dan Kementerian Pendayagunaan Aparatur Negara dan Reformasi Birokrasi — Keputusan Bersama Menteri Agama, Menteri Ketenagakerjaan, dan Menteri Pendayagunaan Aparatur Negara dan Reformasi Birokrasi Republik Indonesia Nomor 855 Tahun 2023, Nomor 3 Tahun 2023, Nomor 4 Tahun 2023 tentang Hari Libur Nasional dan Cuti Bersama Tahun 2024ID
- Kingdom of Eswatini — Public Holidays Act, 1938 (Act No. 71 of 1938)SZ
- Kingdom of Lesotho — Public Holidays Act, 1995LS
- Kultur- og likestillingsdepartementet / Lovdata — Lov om helligdager og helligdagsfred [Act relating to Public Holidays and Norwegian Church Eves]SJ
- Landtag des Fürstentums Liechtenstein — Gesetz vom 19. November 2008 über die Abänderung des ArbeitsgesetzesLI
- Latvijas Vēstnesis (Official Gazette) / Saeima — Par svētku, atceres un atzīmējamām dienāmLV
- Le Moniteur (Journal Officiel de la République d'Haïti) — Loi fixant les jours fériés légauxHT
- Legifrance — Code du travail - Article L3133-1GP
- Legifrance — Code du travail - Article L3133-1RE
- Legifrance — Code du travail : Partie législative (Articles L1er à L8292-1)PM
- Legifrance — Code du travail Art. L3133-1 (Fêtes légales)FR
- Legifrance (French Government) — Code du travail - Article L3133-1MF
- Legifrance / Republique Francaise — Code du travail - Article L3133-1GF
- Legislatura de Puerto Rico — Ley Núm. 43 de 2024 - Para consolidar los días de fiesta en honor a próceres puertorriqueñosPR
- Legislature of the Virgin Islands — Virgin Islands Code Title 1, Chapter 11 - Legal HolidaysVI
- LegisMonaco (Portail Officiel de la Législation Monégasque) — Code du travail, Article L. 222-1MC
- Lovdata — Lov om helligdager og helligdagsfredNO
- Ministère de la Fonction Publique et du Travail — Loi n° 92.018 fixant les fêtes légales en MauritanieMR
- Ministerio de Trabajo y Economía Social / Boletín Oficial del Estado — Real Decreto 2577/2021, de 7 de diciembre, por el que se determinan los días festivos en el ámbito de la Comunidad Autónoma de Canarias para el año 2022IC
- Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social — Decreto Supremo N° 2750BO
- Ministerio del Interior — Ley 2977. Fija los dias feriadosCL
- Ministerio del Trabajo del Ecuador — Código del TrabajoEC
- Ministry of Defence Brunei — Royal Brunei Armed Forces profileBN
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Liberia — Official Presidential Holiday ProclamationsLR
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran — Islamic Calendar and Official Public Holidays of IranIR
- Ministry of Information of Eritrea — National Public Holidays and ObservancesER
- Ministry of Justice of The Gambia — Public Holidays Act (Cap. 26:01)GM
- Ministry of Justice, Jamaica — Holidays (Public and General) ActJM
- Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA) Somalia — Statutory Public HolidaysSO
- Ministry of Legal Affairs, Guyana — Laws of Guyana (Public Holidays Act)GY
- Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago — The Public Holidays ActTT
- Ministry of the Interior, Taiwan (ROC) — 紀念日及節日實施辦法TW
- Naalakkersuisut (Greenlandic Government) / Inatsisartut — Landstingets lov nr. 7 af 1. juni 2017 om officielle helligdageGL
- Namibia Public Holidays Act, 1990 (Act No. 26 of 1990)NA
- National Assembly of Belize — Holidays Act, Chapter 289 of the Substantive Laws of Belize, Revised Edition 2020BZ
- National Assembly of Mauritius — Public Holidays ActMU
- National Assembly of Seychelles — Public Holidays ActSC
- National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia — ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՕՐԵՆՔԸ ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅԱՆ ՏՈՆԵՐԻ ԵՎ ՀԻՇԱՏԱԿԻ ՕՐԵՐԻ ՄԱՍԻՆAM
- National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria — Кодекс на трудаBG
- National Assembly of Vietnam — Labor Code of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (No. 45/2019/QH14)VN
- National Council for Law Reporting (Kenya Law) — Public Holidays Act (Chapter 110)KE
- National Council of the Slovak Republic — Zákon č. 241/1993 Z. z. o štátnych sviatkoch, dňoch pracovného pokoja a pamätných dňochSK
- Office of the Vice President of Uganda — National Events and CalendarUG
- Overheid.nl / Government of Aruba — Landsverordening algemene vrije dagenAW
- Overheid.nl / Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland — Wetten en officiële feestdagen BESBQ
- Parlamentul Republicii Moldova — Codul muncii al Republicii Moldova nr. 154/2003MD
- Parlamentul României — Codul Muncii (Legea nr. 53/2003)RO
- Parliament of Barbados — Public Holidays Act (Cap. 352)BB
- Parliament of Botswana — Public Holidays ActBW
- Parliament of Fiji — Public Holidays ActFJ
- Parliament of Georgia — საქართველოს შრომის კოდექსიGE
- Parliament of Ghana — Public Holidays Act, 2001 (Act 601)GH
- Parliament of Malawi — Public Holidays ActMW
- Parliament of Rwanda — Law N° 003/2016 of 30/03/2016 determining public holidaysRW
- Parliament of Sierra Leone — The Public Holidays Act, 1989 (Act No. 2 of 1989)SL
- Parliament of Tanzania — Public Holidays Ordinance (Cap. 35)TZ
- Parliament of the Czech Republic — Zákon č. 245/2000 Sb., o státních svátcích, o ostatních svátcích, o významných dnech a o dnech pracovního kliduCZ
- Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka — Holidays Act No. 29 of 1971LK
- Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan — О праздниках в Республике Казахстан - Закон Республики Казахстан от 13 декабря 2001 года № 267KZ
- Parliament of Vanuatu — Public Holidays Act [CAP 114]VU
- Parliament of Zambia — Public Holidays ActZM
- Parliament of Zimbabwe — Public Holidays and Prohibition of Business Act [Chapter 10:21]ZW
- Portuguese Labour Code (Código do Trabalho) — Mandatory Public HolidaysPT
- Power Legislative - República Oriental del Uruguay — Ley N° 6.997UY
- Présidence de l'Union des Comores — Fêtes légales et chôméesKM
- Présidence de la République du Tchad — Loi no 007/PR/2001 portant fixation des fêtes légales en République du TchadTD
- Présidence de la République tunisienne — Loi n° 2007-68 du 27 décembre 2007, modifiant et complétant la loi n° 2007-32 du 14 mai 2007, fixant les jours fériés accordés aux agents de la fonction publique, des collectivités locales et des entreprises publiquesTN
- Presidency of the Republic of Cameroon — Decree No. 82-441 of 8 September 1982 fixing the list of public holidays in CameroonCM
- Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri — Festività nazionali e solennità civiliIT
- Primature de la République Démocratique du Congo — Liste des jours fériés légaux en République Démocratique du CongoCD
- Provisional Military Administrative Council — Public Holidays Proclamation No. 9/1975ET
- République Française — Code du travail - Article L3133-1MQ
- République Française — Code du travail - Article L3133-1BL
- République Française — Code du travail des îles Wallis et FutunaWF
- Republique Francaise — Code du travail, Article L3133-1YT
- République Française / Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie — Code du travail de Nouvelle-Calédonie - Partie législative - Livre Ier : La réglementation du travail - Titre III : Les jours fériésNC
- Riigikogu — Pühade ja tähtpäevade seadusEE
- Secrétariat Général du Gouvernement — Bulletin Officiel N° 6595 - Liste des jours fériésMA
- Secrétariat Général du Gouvernement — Loi n° 2-94 fixant les jours fériés, chômés et payés en République du CongoCG
- Secrétariat Général du Gouvernement de Guinée — Décret fixant les fêtes légales en République de GuinéeGN
- Secrétariat Général du Gouvernement du Bénin — Loi n° 90-019 fixant les fêtes légales en République du BéninBJ
- Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania — Lietuvos Respublikos darbo kodeksasLT
- Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (ISAP) — Ustawa o dniach wolnych od pracyPL
- Service central de législation — Code du travail - LegiluxLU
- Service public fédéral Emploi, Travail et Concertation sociale — Jours fériés et congésBE
- Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MOM) — Public HolidaysSG
- South African Government — Public Holidays Act (Act No. 36 of 1994)ZA
- South Sudan Ministry of Justice — Constitution and GovernmentSS
- St. Kitts & Nevis Information Service (SKNIS) — Public Holidays Act and Statutory NoticesKN
- State Council of the People's Republic of China — 全国年节及纪念日放假办法CN
- States of Guernsey — The Employment Protection (Guernsey) Law, 1998GG
- States of Jersey — Public Holidays and Bank Holidays (Jersey) Law 2010JE
- Stato della Città del Vaticano — Festività ufficiali e calendario delle ricorrenzeVA
- Sveriges Riksdag — Lag (1989:253) om allmänna helgdagarSE
- TBMM — Ulusal Bayram ve Genel Tatiller Hakkında KanunTR
- The National Legal Information Center of the Republic of Belarus — О государственных праздниках, праздничных днях и памятных датах в Республике БеларусьBY
- The Official Portal of the UAE Government — Public Holidays and Religious AffairsAE
- Tonga Legislative Assembly — Public Holidays ActTO
- Tynwald — The Summary Jurisdiction Act 1989IM
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management federal holiday calendarUS
- Uganda Public Holidays Act, 1965 (Chapter 255)UG
- United Kingdom Privy Council / St Helena Government — The St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha Constitution Order 2009SH
- Uradni list Republike Slovenije — Zakon o praznikih in dela prostih dnevih v Republici Sloveniji (ZPDDRS)SI
- Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine — Кодекс законів про працю України (Стаття 73. Святкові і неробочі дні)UA
- Vijeće ministara Bosne i Hercegovine — Neradni dani i prazniciBA
- Vlada Crne Gore — Zakon o državnim i drugim praznicimaME
- Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) — Public Holidays in IrelandIE
- Скупштина Републике Србије — Закон о државним и другим празницима у Републици СрбијиRS
- Собрание на Република Македонија — Закон за празниците на Република МакедонијаMK
- Трудовой кодекс Российской Федерации — Статья 112 (Нерабочие праздничные дни)RU
- הכנסת — פקודת סדרי השלטון והמשפט (סעיף 18א - ימי מנוחה)IL
- بنك السودان المركزي — العطلات الرسمية والتقويم المصرفيSD
- وزارة العمل والتأهيل (Libya Ministry of Labour) — قانون علاقات العمل وقائمة العطلات الرسميةLY
- وكالة الأنباء الصحراوية — الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطيةEH
- ธนาคารแห่งประเทศไทย (Bank of Thailand) — วันหยุดตามประเพณีของสถาบันการเงินTH
- 국가법령정보센터 (Ministry of Government Legislation) — 관공서의 공휴일에 관한 규정KR