Working days and holidays. How to relax on May holidays

In our country, the Ministry of Labor is responsible for the schedule of days intended for leisure and work. It has already indicated the number of all holidays and working days, as well as weekends in 2018, coinciding with holidays.

The Russians are already waiting and will not wait for this schedule, because nothing can replace the joy that rest after working days brings. In addition, in our rhythmic age, we need to plan our lives, and for this we definitely need to know how we work and relax in 2018.

Weekend transfers

First of all, let's take a look at the weekend shifts that are expected in 2018.

The day off that fell on the Christmas holiday, which coincided with Saturday, January 6, was proposed to be postponed to March 9.
And Sunday, which coincided with Christmas itself, is proposed to be fixed for May 2, 2018.
The day of rest expected on Saturday, April 28, will be assigned to the following Monday, April 30, 2018.
June 9 was moved a couple of days ahead, to the 11th.
And the calendar pleased us with the fact that on December 31 the country will have a day off, which was postponed from the 29th.
National Unity Day, which the 2018 calendar assigned to Sunday, will be the entrance day on November 5 on Monday.

All public holidays in 2018

Russia loves holidays and always celebrates them in a big way:

holiday numbers	Total rest
January, 1 - New Year's Eve	30.01.2017 -08.01.2018
January 7 - Christmas
February 23 - Defender of the Fatherland Day	23.02.2018 – 25.02.2018
March, 8 - International Women's Day	8.03.2018 – 11.03.2018
May 1– Spring and Labor Day	29.04.2018 – 02.05.2018
May, 9 – Victory Day
June 12 - Day of Russia	10.06.2018 – 12.06.2018
November, 4 – National Unity Day	03.11.2018 – 05.11.2018

Holidays in 2018

The holiday holidays dedicated to will last as much as 10 days in 2018. The calendar tells us that the Russians will have a rest from December 30, and they will go to work, despite the fact that it is Tuesday, January 8. An amazing coincidence of holidays and weekends is expected in honor of International Women's Day, it turns out that the holiday will stretch from March 8 to March 11. The February calendar pleases us one day less, but still gives us three days of legal holidays.

Obviously, all accountants and personnel officers need a production calendar to work, because it contains all the necessary information about working days, weekends, non-working holidays, and working time standards established in a particular year.

What will be the production calendar for 2018 you will learn from our material.

Production calendar 2018 with holidays and days off

All holidays that are non-working days are listed in the Labor Code. These include (Article 112 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation):

New Year - January 1-6 and 8,
Christmas - January 7,
Defender of the Fatherland Day - February 23,
International Women's Day - March 8,
Holiday of Spring and Labor - May 1,
Victory Day - May 9,
Russia Day - June 12,
National Unity Day - 4 November.

All these dates reflect the 2018 calendar with holidays. According to the rules of the same article 112 of the Labor Code, a holiday coinciding with a weekend is “shifted” to the working day immediately following the holiday. In 2018, such a day is Sunday November 4, which means that Monday November 5 will also be non-working.

But there is an exception to this rule that applies to New Year's "holidays": the days from January 1 to January 8, coinciding with days off, can be transferred to other days of the year, as a rule, they are added to other holidays, thereby "lengthening" them and changing the calendar of working days. For example, in 2017, due to January 1 and 7, which coincided with the weekend, the February and May holidays increased by 1 day (Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of 08/04/2016 No. 756).

What transfers are offered in 2018? At the suggestion of the Ministry of Labor, a Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of October 14, 2017 No. 1250 was prepared, according to which the production calendar for 2018 contains the following days off:

New Year and Christmas "holidays" will last from December 30, 2017 to January 8, 2018,
"holiday" days off from January 6 and 7 are transferred to March 9 and May 2, respectively,
holidays from Saturdays April 28, June 9 and December 29, 2018 are proposed to be moved to working days April 30, June 11 and December 31, 2018, so as not to break the "long" weekend.

If the Government adopts such a version of the resolution, then this is how everyone who works on the “five-day” will rest. For those working on a six-day week, they will remain working days on March 9, April 30, June 11 and December 31, since the transfer of weekends to these dates is planned from Saturdays that coincided with non-working holidays, and Saturday is not a day off for the six-day week.

Timesheet calendar for 2018: production time standards for "five days"

The norm of working time is calculated according to the schedule of a five-day working week with days off Saturday and Sunday, based on the duration of daily work or shift (Order of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation of August 13, 2009 No. 588n). This calculation procedure is also applied to the “six-day period”.

For the "five-day" week, the timesheet calendar for 2018 indicates the following annual norms of working time:

with a 40-hour week (8 hours a day) - 1970 hours,
at 36-hour (7.2 hours per day) - 1772.4 hours,
at 24-hour (4.8 hours per day) - 1179.6 hours.

The duration of work before the holidays, according to the 2018 timesheet calendar, is reduced by an hour on February 22, March 7 and May 8. Also, working hours are reduced by 1 hour on working Saturdays April 28, June 9 and December 29, due to which the rest is postponed to Mondays.

The norm of working time for any month is calculated as follows: the number of hours of the working week must be divided by 5, multiplied by the working days of the “five-day period” in a particular month and subtract the hours by which work is reduced on pre-holiday days.

For example: the production calendar-2018 in June shows 20 working days, incl. 1 pre-holiday (June 9). Working hours in June with a 40-hour week will be 159 hours (40 hours: 5 days x 20 days - 1 hour).

The total number of working days on the “five-day period” in 2018 is 247, of which 6 are pre-holiday “reduced” days, and 118 days off with holidays.

The 2018 production calendar with holidays for the five-day work week can be seen below.

2018 calendar of working hours with a six-day working week

The norms of working time for the "six-day work" in 2018, similarly to the five-day week, cannot exceed 40 hours per week (Article 91 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation).

The reduction of pre-holiday working days by an hour, for those working six days a week, is provided for on February 22, March 7, April 30, May 8, June 11, November 3, December 31.

Working days with a six-day week will be 299 days, and non-working days - 66 days.

The 2018 calendar with holidays and weekends (six-day week) can be found in this post below.

Symbols in the calendar-2018 with holidays and weekends

Traditionally, weekends and holidays are marked on the calendar with a different color than weekdays, usually red. Pre-holiday days, when the work should end 1 hour earlier, are marked with an asterisk.

Everyone loves holidays and significant events in their lives. Not many people know that in addition to the New Year or Easter, there are no less significant dates. Especially when it comes to loved ones and professional holidays. After all, you must admit, it’s nice to receive congratulations on your professional holiday.

The calendar for 2018 has 365 days, this year is not a leap year. Of these, 247 are considered official working days, and 118 are weekends and holidays. Of course, all this is not taken into account if your professional activity is related to medicine or other specific occupations where work is carried out in shifts.

The main, so to speak, common holidays for all Russians in 2018 are as follows:

New Year. January 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 11 are considered holidays. No wonder they say that the first two weeks are holidays for the whole country;
Christmas is celebrated on January 7th. This holiday is Orthodox and state;
February 23 is Defender of the Fatherland Day, but you can celebrate 3 days on February 23–25, since 24 is Saturday and 25 is Sunday;
but the "women's" day of the calendar - March 8 and not only. This holiday will be celebrated for 4 whole days - March 8, 9, 10.11;

from April 29 to May 2, the holiday of spring and labor will be celebrated;
The great and significant holiday for our country - Victory Day, of course, is included in this list, it is celebrated on May 9;
Russia Day will be celebrated for three whole days from 10 to 12 June;
Russia is a multinational country and National Unity Day also includes three days off - from November 3 to 5.

Of course, this is a lot of days off. In order not to lose working hours and make up for them, there is a decree “On the postponement of days off in 2018”.

It says that weekends are transferred in this way:

Saturday 6 January to Friday 9 March;
Sunday 7 January to Wednesday 2 May;
Saturday 28 April to Monday 30 April;
Saturday 9 June to Monday 11 June;
Saturday 29 December to Monday 31 December.

At sensitive enterprises, their own changes and amendments can be made within the limits of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.

Professional and other holidays

There are many professional holidays, memorable dates, it is impossible to remember them.

January

In addition to the usual days of celebrating the New Year, January is remarkable:

Merry Christmas - 7.01. Everyone celebrates this favorite holiday;
Old New Year - 14.01. This date is not an official holiday, but the whole country celebrates it - sets the table and starts fireworks;
Baptism. Traditionally 19.01. many people plunge into the hole, while experiencing the charm of cleansing the soul from sins;
but on January 25, many students celebrate their day. In another way, it is also called - Tatyana's day.

February

The last winter month is significant in that all loving couples in the world celebrate Valentine's Day on 14.02. In another way, it is called Valentine's Day.

The older generation celebrates Maslenitsa (Seeing Off Winter). Originally, it is celebrated for a whole week, in 2018 it is from February 12 to 18. And on the 15th is a famous Christian holiday - the Presentation of the Lord.

The Year of the Dog, according to the Chinese calendar, comes to Russia only on February 16th. The male part of the population can be congratulated on the Defender of the Fatherland Day on February 23.

We will find out which professions celebrate their days in February, and what date:

8 - military topographers;
9 - employees of civil aviation;
10 - diplomatic workers;
17 - Russian student teams;
18 - employees of the transport police.

Significant dates for every conscious citizen are:

02. - 75th anniversary of the liberation of Stalingrad from the fascist invaders;
02. - the day of memory of servicemen who died outside of Russia;
02. - International mother tongue day.

March

In the first month of spring, there is only one public holiday - March 8th. But the table provides the dates and professions marked in the calendar in red.

In addition, all the inhabitants of the globe, including Russia, note:

March 1 - the first day of spring;
March 3 - writer's day;
March 15 - consumer protection day;
March 20 - Astrology Day;
March 23 - Water Resources Day;
March 27 is theater day.

April

April 1, or April Fool's Day, is familiar to everyone, and in 2018 it also coincides with Palm Sunday. On the 7th, all Orthodox residents of Russia will celebrate the Annunciation of the Most Holy Theotokos, and on the 8th, the bright feast of Easter.

On a geographical and legal scale, March is significant for the following dates:

2 - Day of Unity of Belarus and Russia;
5 - adoption of the constitution by Kalmykia;
11 - Day of the Constitution of the Crimea;
27 - the formation of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

May

May is rich in holidays and official days off to the delight of the population of Russia. The first number is the holiday of all workers. In another way it is called - May Day, Spring and Labor Day. In addition, the 6th is the Day of St. George the Victorious.

May 9 is familiar to everyone from the school bench - this is Victory Day. Great victory over the fascist invaders.

In addition, memorable dates for workers in many areas fall in May. Namely:

5 - divers and cryptographers will celebrate their professional holiday;
7 - signalmen;
13 - escorts;
14 - freelancers;
15 - metro workers;
21 - polar explorers, military translators, inventories;
24 - personnel officers;
25 - philologists, welders;
26 - Russian entrepreneurs;
27 - chemists;
28 - border guards;
29 - military motorists, veterans of the customs service;
31 - employees of the Russian legal profession.

All schoolchildren and teachers will be very happy to learn that the Last Bell holiday falls on 05/25/18.

June

In June, the whole country celebrates the Day of Russia. It will be on 06/12/2018. And also the 77th anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War is also in June, the 22nd.

The first month of summer is also significant for the following dates:

1 - Children's Day;
2 - Day of proper nutrition;
8 - World day of St. Petersburg cats and cats;
21 - International Father's Day.

And here are the dates and representatives of professions who can be congratulated in June 2018:

July

The second summer month has in its arsenal three wonderful holidays, revered by many citizens of Russia. This is the Nativity of John the Baptist, coinciding with the pagan holiday of Ivan Kupala - the 7th and the Day of Love and Fidelity on the 8th.

And also on 07/07/2018, the Day of the victory of the Russian fleet over the Turkish fleet during the Battle of Chesma in 1770 will be celebrated.

July is full of professional holidays, let's look at them in the form of a table.

One of the most romantic dates in July 2018 is World Kissing Day, celebrated on the 6th. Do not forget to congratulate your beloved half. And Navy Day falls on 07/29/18, because it is celebrated on the last Sunday of July.

August

Russia is a multinational country with many religions, one of which is Islam. It is in the last hot month of summer, namely 08/21/18, that thousands of Muslims will celebrate the national holiday - Eid al-Adha.

There will also be several holidays for Orthodox Christians: 14.08 Honey Spas, 19.08. Apple Spas, August 29 third (bread, nut) Spas. And the main Orthodox holiday in August is the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, it is celebrated on August 28.

Let's find out representatives of which professions will be congratulated in the last month of summer:

1 - collectors;
5 - railway workers;
11 - athletes;
12 - builders;
15 - archaeologists;
19 - pilots and other aviation employees;
26 - miners;
29 - special forces.

In addition, there are two memorable dates for the military, these are Paratrooper Day, celebrated on 08/02/18 and Air Force Day on 08/12/18.

September

The first autumn month still pleases with its warmth and is known to everyone, thanks to the Day of Knowledge - 09/01/18.

Representatives of Orthodox Christianity in September will celebrate the following dates:

21st. This is the day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In many churches there will be services and prayers;
27th - Exaltation of Christ the Lord.

Not many people know that the Second World War ended on the second of September, and the great Day of the Battle of Borodino will be celebrated on the eighth of September. The table provides the dates of September, and representatives of the professions that you can safely congratulate on these days.

date	Professions
2	Representatives of the patrol service, oilmen.
4	Nuclear specialists.
8	Financiers.
9	Graphic designers, tankers.
11	Specialists in educational work in the Armed Forces.
13	Programmers, hairdressers.
16	Forest workers.
18	Secretaries.
19	Gunsmiths.
20	Recruiters.
27	Educators.
28	Nuclear industry workers, all general directors.
29	Otolaryngologists.
30	Machine builders.

October

In October, most units of the army celebrate their anniversaries. The second autumn month has the largest number of holidays for the military.

Let's take a look at what dates different military units of the Russian Federation celebrate their day:

1 - ground forces;
3 - OMON;
4 - military space forces, Ministry of Emergency Situations;
5 - employees of the criminal investigation department;
7 - headquarters units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs;
8 - commanders of the Navy;
20 - representatives of the communications troops of the Russian Federation;
22 - employees of the financial and economic service of the Armed Forces;
25 - customs officers;
28 - employees of the army aviation of the Russian Federation;
30 - all representatives of the Russian Navy;
31 - employees of pre-trial detention centers and prisons.

Sunday evening July 28, 2019 residents Petersburg can enjoy the festive artillery salute and fireworks dedicated to the celebration.

Fireworks will start at 22:30 and will last 10 minutes.

30 volleys of artillery and more than 2,000 fireworks will be launched into the evening sky of St. Petersburg.

Where is the best place to watch fireworks and fireworks on Navy Day July 28, 2019:

For the festive salute and fireworks on July 28, 2019, 2 sites will be organized. The first will be located on the Big Beach of the Peter and Paul Fortress, and the second - in Kronstadt.

Volleys of fireworks on Navy Day 2019 will be visible from different parts of the city. However, it is best to watch the fireworks from a safe distance as close to the launch sites as possible. For viewing, it is better to take a place in advance on Palace Embankment, the spit of Vasilyevsky Island, on one of the bridges (Palace, Liteiny, Birzhevoy, Troitsky).

The fireworks dedicated to the Navy Day 2019 will be perfectly visible. from the waters of the Neva. To do this, it is necessary to rent a place in advance on the "watercraft", which will cost one and a half to two thousand rubles per person.

For 10 minutes, 30 volleys will be fired by a battery of 12 D-44 guns, and 2,000 fireworks will be launched using 12 KamAZ-based fireworks.

The authorities of Ecuador have deprived Julian Assange of asylum in the London embassy. The founder of WikiLeaks is detained by the British police, and this has already been called the biggest betrayal in the history of Ecuador. Why is Assange being avenged and what awaits him?

Julian Assange, a programmer and journalist from Australia, became widely known after the website WikiLeaks, founded by him, published secret documents of the US State Department, as well as materials related to military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2010.

But it was quite difficult to find out who the policemen, supporting by the arms, were taking out of the building. Assange grew a beard and did not look at all like the energetic man that he had so far presented in photographs.

According to Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno, Assange's asylum was denied because of his repeated violations of international conventions.

He is expected to remain at a police station in central London until he appears before Westminster Magistrates' Court.

Why the President of Ecuador is accused of betrayal

Former President of Ecuador Rafael Correa called the decision of the current government the biggest betrayal in the history of the country. "What he (Moreno. - Approx. ed.) did is a crime that humanity will never forget," Correa said.

London, on the contrary, thanked Moreno. The British Foreign Office believes that justice has prevailed. The representative of the Russian diplomatic department, Maria Zakharova, has a different opinion. "The hand of 'democracy' is squeezing the throat of freedom," she said. The Kremlin expressed the hope that the rights of the arrested person would be respected.

Ecuador harbored Assange because the former president was center-left, critical of US policy, and welcomed WikiLeaks' release of classified documents on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Even before the Internet activist needed asylum, he managed to get to know Correa personally: he interviewed him for the Russia Today channel.

However, in 2017, the government in Ecuador changed, the country headed for rapprochement with the United States. The new president called Assange "a stone in the shoe" and immediately made it clear that his stay on the territory of the embassy would not be delayed.

According to Correa, the moment of truth came at the end of June last year, when US Vice President Michael Pence arrived in Ecuador on a visit. Then everything was decided. "You can be sure: Lenin is just a hypocrite. He has already agreed with the Americans about the fate of Assange. And now he is trying to make us swallow the pill, saying that Ecuador allegedly continues the dialogue," Correa said in an interview with Russia Today.

How Assange made new enemies

The day before his arrest, WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristin Hrafnsson said that Assange was under total surveillance. "WikiLeaks uncovered a massive spy operation against Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy," he said. According to him, cameras and voice recorders were placed around Assange, and the information received was transmitted to the administration of Donald Trump.

Hrafnsson specified that Assange was going to be expelled from the embassy a week earlier. This did not happen only because WikiLeaks made this information public. A high-ranking source told the portal about the plans of the Ecuadorian authorities, but the head of the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry, Jose Valencia, denied the rumors.

The expulsion of Assange was preceded by a corruption scandal involving Moreno. In February, WikiLeaks published the INA Papers package, which traced the operations of the offshore company INA Investment, founded by the brother of the Ecuadorian leader. In Quito, they said that this was a plot by Assange with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and former head of Ecuador Rafael Correa to overthrow Moreno.

In early April, Moreno complained about Assange's behavior in Ecuador's London mission. “We have to protect the life of Mr. Assange, but he has already crossed all the lines in terms of violating the agreement that we reached with him,” the president said. “This does not mean that he cannot speak freely, but he cannot lie and hack.” At the same time, back in February last year, it became known that Assange at the embassy was deprived of the opportunity to interact with the outside world, in particular, he was turned off access to the Internet.

Why Sweden stopped persecuting Assange

At the end of last year, Western media, citing sources, reported that Assange would be charged in the United States. This was never officially confirmed, but it was precisely because of Washington's position that Assange had to take refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy six years ago.

Sweden, in May 2017, stopped investigating two cases of rape in which the founder of the portal was accused. Assange demanded compensation from the country's government for legal costs in the amount of 900,000 euros.

Earlier, in 2015, Swedish prosecutors also dropped three charges against him due to the statute of limitations.

Where did the rape investigation lead?

Assange arrived in Sweden in the summer of 2010, hoping to get protection from US authorities. But he was under investigation for rape. In November 2010, a warrant for his arrest was issued in Stockholm, and Assange was put on the international wanted list. He was detained in London, but was soon released on bail of 240 thousand pounds.

In February 2011, a British court ruled to extradite Assange to Sweden, followed by a series of successful appeals for the founder of WikiLeaks.

The British authorities placed him under house arrest before deciding to extradite him to Sweden. Breaking his promise to the authorities, Assange asked for asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy, which was granted to him. Since then, the UK has had its own grievances against the founder of WikiLeaks.

What's next for Assange?

The man was re-arrested at the request of the United States for extradition for publishing classified documents, police said. At the same time, Deputy Foreign Minister Alan Duncan said that Assange would not be sent to the United States if he faced the death penalty there.

In the UK, Assange is likely to appear in court on the afternoon of 11 April. This is stated on the WikiLeaks Twitter page. It is likely that the British authorities will seek a maximum sentence of 12 months, the man's mother said, citing his lawyer.

At the same time, the Swedish prosecutor's office is considering reopening the investigation into the rape allegation. Lawyer Elizabeth Massey Fritz, who represented the interests of the victim, will seek this.