Overview
- Tucumán issued Decree No. 3,935/1 granting an administrative asueto on Friday, January 2, 2026 for provincial public employees and rural communes, with essential services on duty and no effect on the private sector.
- Peru’s Supreme Decree No. 042-2025-PCM designates Friday, January 2, 2026 as a compensable non-working day for public-sector workers, with private employers able to opt in by agreement on hour recovery.
- Argentina confirms Thursday, January 1 as an inamovible national holiday and applied a December 31 administrative asueto; the BCRA says bank branches are shut on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 while ATMs and digital channels operate.
- Peru’s official gazette clarifies that Wednesday, December 31, 2025 is neither a holiday nor a non-working day nationwide, so activities proceed normally unless employers decide otherwise.
- Holiday pay rules differ by jurisdiction: the U.S. FLSA does not require double pay for working on New Year’s Day, Mexico’s LFT mandates triple pay on Jan. 1, and Mexico’s CNBV calendar closes bank branches on that date.