Deputies considered the possibility of making December 31 a permanent non-working holiday.
The bill was introduced to the lower house of parliament by members of the LDPR back in December 2020.
On Thursday, December 12, a plenary session was held, during which the State Duma deputies rejected this proposal, reports the parliamentary television channel Duma TV .
The initiative, in particular, proposed establishing New Year holidays from December 31 to January 6.
The current law defines the New Year holidays as January 1–6, as well as January 8.
LDPR members noted that establishing New Year holidays in the period from December 31 to January 8 will help citizens to use non-working holidays more rationally.
It was assumed that these changes could be made to the Labor Code.
But today, deputies did not approve the proposal to make the last day of the year a non-working and holiday on a permanent basis, which was introduced four years ago.
Author: Dmitry Bobrov
