07.12.2021

NON-WORKING DAYS IN 2022

In 2022, 248 days are working days and 16 are public holidays. Here is the current calendar of public holidays and weekends in 2022:

• New Year - January 1, as well as January 3
• The liberation of Bulgaria - March 3
• Easter (Resurrection of Christ) - from 22 to 25 April
• Labor Day - May 1 and May 2
• St. George's Day - May 6
• Day of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, of the Bulgarian alphabet, education and culture and of Slavic literature - May 24
• Union Day - September 6
• Independence Day - September 22
• Christmas (Nativity) - December 24, 25 and 26, as well as December 27 and 28

According to the Labor Code, when public holidays, with the exception of the Easter holidays, coincide with Saturday and/or Sunday, the first or first two working days thereafter are absent.

Employers are obliged to allow employees who profess a religion other than the Eastern Orthodox one to use part of the annual paid leave or unpaid leave for the days of the respective religious holidays, but not more than the number of days for the Eastern Orthodox religious holidays. The days for the religious holidays of the denominations, other than the Eastern Orthodox one, are determined by the Council of Ministers on the proposal of the official leadership of the respective denomination.