--- title: "#CostaRica 🇨🇷 #BDS_Informs: July 25 Public Holiday: Legal Provisions for Its Observance" description: Public Holiday image: https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/hubfs/bailes25-julio2025.png --- [![BDS blanco ingles](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/hs-fs/hubfs/BDS%20blanco%20ingles.png?width=100&height=50&name=BDS%20blanco%20ingles.png "BDS blanco ingles")](https://www.bdsasesores.com) - [Team](https://www.bdsasesores.com/en/team/) - [Services](https://www.bdsasesores.com/en/services/) - Blog - [Labor Law](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/en-us/blog) - [Corporate Law](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/apriori-blog?hsLang=en-us) - [Store](https://www.bdsasesores.com/en/tienda/) - [Contact](https://www.bdsasesores.com/en/contact/) - English - [English](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/blog?hsLang=en-us) - [Español](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/blog?hsLang=es-cr) ![](https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/Theme-Delight%20BDS%20Asesores/images/logo-BDS-blanco-jul25.png?width=200&name=logo-BDS-blanco-jul25.png) ##### Jul 22, 2025 4:06:35 PM ##### 1 min. read #CostaRica 🇨🇷 #BDS\_Informs: July 25 Public Holiday: Legal Provisions for Its Observance 1:37 # #CostaRica 🇨🇷 #BDS\_Informs: July 25 Public Holiday: Legal Provisions for Its Observance On the **upcoming July 25**, our country will commemorate one of the most significant milestones in its history: the **Annexation of Nicoya.** This date is a **mandatory paid public holiday**, in accordance with Article 148 of the Labor Code. **Wage provisions**  - **Companies with a weekly payroll schedule (non-commercial activities):** must pay wages for the days worked during that week and add a **regular day's wage for the holiday**. If the employee works on the holiday, they must be paid **double rate**. - **Companies with monthly, biweekly, or weekly payroll in commercial activities:** wages already include paid holidays, so if the employee works on July 25, they must be paid **an additional regular day's wage** to comply with the **double pay** legal requirement. - **Overtime:** must be paid at a **50% surcharge over the employee’s regular hourly wage,** e., **triple pay.** Unlike in some recent years, in **2025 the holiday will not be moved** **to the preceding or following Monday**. It **must be observed on Friday, July 25**. 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