| Day | Date | Holiday | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | Jan-01 | New Year's Day | |
| Monday | Mar-04 | Carnival Monday | Monday before Ash Wednesday |
| Tuesday | Mar-05 | Carnival Tuesday | Tuesday before Ash Wednesday |
| Sunday | Mar-24 | Truth and Justice Memorial Day | Dia de la Memoria |
| Tuesday | Apr-02 | Malvinas Day | Veteran' s Day |
| Friday | Apr-19 | Good Friday | International Catholic holiday |
| Wednesday | May-01 | Labour Day | |
| Saturday | May-25 | May Day Revolution | Anniversary of the First Independent Government in Buenos Aires |
| Monday | Jun-17 | Martin Miguel de Guemes Day | Celebrated since 2016 |
| Thursday | Jun-20 | National Flag Day | Commemorates the death of Manuel Belgrano |
| Monday | Jul-08 | Public Holiday | Bridge holiday to Independence Day |
| Tuesday | Jul-09 | Independence Day | Independence from Spain in 1816 |
| Monday | Aug-19 | St Martins Day | Third Monday in August |
| Monday | Oct-14 | Day of respect for cultural diversity | |
| Monday | Nov-18 | Day of National Sovereignty | |
| Sunday | Dec-08 | Immaculate Conception Day | Also known as Virgins Day |
| Wednesday | Dec-25 | Christmas Day |
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If the date falls on a Wednesday, the holiday is the preceding Monday. If it falls on a Thursday then the holiday is the following Monday.
If the holiday is on Tuesday, Monday is added as a holiday day. if the holiday is on Thursday, then Friday is granted as holiday.
The rules above can lead to a lot of annual Public holidays, but most Argentinians only get 10 vacation days, rising to 15 days if they have worked for more than 5 years in a company.
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Regular full time employees work 48 hour per week (8 hours a day). Overtime must be paid at 150% for overtime Monday- Saturday at 1pm, for all overtime hours between then and Sunday payment must be 200%.
Employers contribute 10.17% or 12.71%. Employee contributes 11% with a salary ceiling of ARS 48,598.08 per month.
Social insurance includes contributions to the Integrated Pension System (SIPA), Payment of Social Work, The National Institute of Retirees and Pensioners (INSSJP), Health Care, Family Allowance and Subsytem, and The National Employment Fund. Employers contribute a total of 26% or 28% of their employees payroll, and employees contribute 17% of their earnings.
Employers can terminate workers on grounds of worker misconduct, or economic grounds. If without cause, employers must provide notice of: 15 days for employees of less then 3 months, 1 month for employees of up to 5 years, and 2 months for employees of more than 5 years. Severance pay can be provided in lou of notice.
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Severance pay is one month of regular wages per each year employed in a company. If appropriate notice was not given, additional payments will be provided. For 3 months or less of employment: 0.5 months salary, for 3 months - 5 years: 1 months salary, and for over 5 years: 2 months salary.
Employees who have worked in the company for between 6 months to 5 years are entitled to 14 days of vacation time, 5 - 10 years of employment entitles workers to 21 days, 10-20 years of employment entitles workers to 28 days, and for over 20 years of employment workers are entitled to 35 days leave.
If an employee has worked in the company for less than 5 consecutive years, they are entitled to 3 months paid sick leave. An employee working more than 5 consecutive years is entitled to 6 months of paid leave.
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- Marriage: 10 days
- Death of a relative: 3 days
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