2021 Public holidays in South korea ( Including substitute holidays 2021)

2021 Public holidays in South korea ( including substitue public holiday)

Accordingly, this year, substitute public holidays are newly applied on the 3rd day of Liberation Day, National Foundation Day, and Hangeul Day, which overlap on Saturdays or Sundays, making August 16, October 4, and October 11 rest days.

The 'Public Holidays Act' passed by the National Assembly in June, stipulates that "if a public holiday overlaps on a Saturday, Sunday or other public holiday, it may be designated and operated as a substitute holiday" and operations are delegated to the Presidential Decree.

In November, when there are no public holidays, there will also be no substitute holidays. In December, Christmas coincided with a Saturday, but it was excluded from the substitution holiday.

Substitute public holidays will be applied this year for workplaces with 30 or more employees, and substitute holidays will be applied from next year for businesses with 5 or more and fewer than 30 employees. Substitute holidays do not apply to workplaces with fewer than 5 employees. In some areas, there is also a debate about the holiday gap and fairness.

At the time of the passage of the law, it was reported that substitute holidays were applied to all public holidays, but the government decided to expand the application of alternative holidays only to 'national holidays' except for Sakyamuni's birthday and Christmas after consulting with relevant ministries and collecting opinions from related groups. did.

Photo by Olya Kobruseva

Meanwhile, in 2022, there will be a total of 118 public holidays, two more than this year.