The large number of holidays on working days harms the country financially
Yesterday and today,
public sector workers did not work. This is because two dates of official
holidays fell on the weekend, but according to the Law on Official Holidays, for
these holidays no work is done on a working day, which means yesterday (Monday)
and today (Tuesday).
Thus, yesterday, public sector workers did not
work because on Saturday was Constitution Day, whereas today the same workers
do not go to work because on Sunday was Catholic Easter.
The executive director of the Chamber of Trade and Industry Kosova, Zana Beqiri, told KosovaPress that according to them, these holidays are considered numerous and are affecting the development of businesses as well as the workload of the staff. She emphasized that they have addressed requests to the Government of Kosovo for the revision of the Law on Official Holidays, but they have not yet received any response...