Overview

• Decree 614/2025, published in the Boletín Oficial, enables trasladable holidays falling on Saturday or Sunday to shift to the prior Friday or the following Monday under the Jefatura de Gabinete’s discretion.
• The Chief of Cabinet, Guillermo Francos, issued a resolution moving the Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural from Sunday, October 12, 2025, to Friday, October 10.
• The rule closes a gap in Law 27.399 regarding weekend dates while leaving inamovible holidays unchanged.
• Tourism authorities advocated for predictable long weekends to support travel and related sectors; an earlier public suggestion pointed to Monday, though the official decision set Friday.
• Further weekend trasladable holidays will be handled case by case through formal resolutions by the Jefatura de Gabinete.