Overview
- Peru’s government published a 2026 calendar of 16 national feriados that apply to public- and private-sector workers and suspend classes.
- The next nationwide break in Peru is Semana Santa, running from Thursday, April 2, through Sunday, April 5.
- Peruvian labor law mandates triple remuneration if an employee works on a feriado without compensatory rest, with noncompliance subject to fines.
- Feriados are set by law and differ from executive ‘días no laborables,’ which mainly bind public entities and are optional for private employers pending compensation of hours.
- In Argentina, Carhué (Adolfo Alsina) will observe a local feriado on Wednesday, January 21, and Florencio Varela on Friday, January 30, measures that affect only those districts and typically alter public offices, banks, and local services.