Overview
- Argentina’s Monday, Dec. 8 Inmaculada Concepción is an inamovible national holiday, creating a long weekend from Saturday 6 to Monday 8 and marking the year’s last long weekend as Christmas falls on Thursday.
- Under Argentina’s labor law, employees who work on the Dec. 8 holiday must be paid at double rate (a 100% surcharge).
- Peru designates Monday, Dec. 8 and Tuesday, Dec. 9 as national holidays (Inmaculada Concepción and Batalla de Ayacucho), yielding a four‑day break from Saturday 6 to Tuesday 9 with nationwide school closures on the 8th and 9th.
- Peruvian workers who labor on those holidays without substitute rest are entitled to triple pay, and employers face very serious fines ranging from S/1,058 to S/24,163 for noncompliance.
- Peru also sets Friday, Dec. 26, 2025 and Friday, Jan. 2, 2026 as non‑working days for the public sector with hour recovery, while use in the private sector depends on employer‑employee agreement.