Overview
- Peru’s Supreme Decree No. 042-2025-PCM designates Friday, December 26, 2025, and Friday, January 2, 2026, as compensable non-working days for the public sector, with private employers able to opt in by agreement.
- The measure links Christmas and New Year to weekends, giving state workers four consecutive days off on December 25–28 and again on January 1–4, with hours later recovered rather than paid extra.
- Peru’s government publications confirm Wednesday, December 24, is neither a holiday nor a non-working day, so regular activities proceed nationwide.
- Argentina’s Interior Ministry lists Thursday, December 25, as the final national holiday of 2025 and specifies that December 24 and 31 are normal working days, while December 16 observances apply locally in parts of Buenos Aires province.
- Mexico’s Education Ministry (SEP) sets winter vacation for basic education from December 22, 2025, to January 9, 2026, with students returning to classes on Monday, January 12.