#CostaRica 🇨🇷 #BDS_Informs: Mother’s Day in Costa Rica: Labor Considerations for Observing This Public Holiday
On Friday, August 15, 2025, Costa Rica will observe Mother’s Day.
According to Article 148 of the...
In our country, July 19 marks the anniversary of the victory of the Sandinista Popular Revolution, a celebration that has been designated as a mandatory national holiday with entitlement to rest and pay in accordance with Article 66 of the Labor Code.
This year, the national holiday falls on a Saturday. Therefore, employers whose regular work schedule includes Saturdays—whether on a full-time or part-time basis—must grant employees the mandatory paid day off. In the event that an employee works on that day, any hours worked must be paid as overtime.
It should be noted that, pursuant to Article 66 of the Labor Code, the following are mandatory national holidays with entitlement to rest and pay: January 1st, Holy Thursday and Good Friday, May 1st and 30, July 19, September 14 and 15, and December 8 and 25.
It should also be clarified that if July 19, 2025 is already included as an additional day of rest under the company’s internal schedule, no further compensation will apply. This is in accordance with Article 68 of the Labor Code, which provides for compensation only when a national holiday falls on the seventh day of the week (mandatory weekly day of rest).
According to Article 68 of the Labor Code, if a national holiday falls on the seventh day (the weekly day of rest) it shall be compensated, and any employee who works on that day, it must be paid at overtime rates.
Please contact us if you have questions or need assistance with this or any other labor-related matters.
