--- title: "#CostaRica 🇨🇷 #BDS_Informs: Key Aspects of the December 1st Holiday" description: Key Aspects of the December 1st Holiday image: https://publicaciones.bdsasesores.com/hubfs/abolicion-ejercito-mario-roa.jpg --- [![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) ##### Nov 29, 2024 12:41:33 PM # #CostaRica 🇨🇷 #BDS\_Informs: Key Aspects of the December 1st Holiday Next Sunday, December 1st, Costa Rica will commemorate “Abolition of the Army Day,” a national holiday that, pursuant to [article 148](https://tools.bdsasesores.com/legislacion-laboral/titulo-tercero-de-las-jornadas-de-los-descansos-y-de-los-salarios/) of the Labor Code, is considered a **non-mandatory paid holiday.** **Will this holiday be moved to another date?** No. As with other holidays observed this year, the holiday must be granted on the same day of the week on which the celebration falls. 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