Is New Year's Day a legal holiday?

Every year, New Year's Day in Gregorian calendar is 1, and national legal holidays refer to the days when the state stipulates holidays. The legal holidays in China are New Year's Day, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day.

With the approval of the State Council, the specific arrangements for New Year's Day, Spring Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Labor Day, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays are hereby notified as follows:

1, New Year's Day: every year 1 October 1 day, generally1day, and weekends are allowed on holidays.

2. Spring Festival: Every year, there are 7 days off from Lunar New Year's Eve to the sixth day of the first month, and weekends are allowed.

3. Tomb-Sweeping Day: According to the weather time in Tomb-Sweeping Day every year, it is generally 1 day, and it is allowed to take a holiday on weekends.

4. Labor Day: May 1 day every year, which is generally a holiday of 1 day, with weekends allowed.

5. Dragon Boat Festival: On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year, it is generally a holiday of 1 day, and even weekends are allowed.

6. Mid-Autumn Festival: On the fifteenth day of the first month of each year, it is generally 1 day off, and even weekends are allowed.

7. National Day: 65438+1 October1every year. Usually 3 days off, 4 days off on weekends.

New Year's Day is a festival in China, which is also called New Year in most countries in the world. This is the first day of the year. The word New Year first appeared in the Book of Jin. In ancient China, the first day of the twelfth lunar month and the first day of October were regarded as New Year's Day, and the first day of the twelfth lunar month and the first day of October were 1 of the lunar calendar, which was extended. The Republic of China began in Gregorian calendar 65438+ 10/,1 949 when it was founded, and the lunar calendar 65438+ 10/was designated as the Spring Festival, so New Year's Day is also called the new calendar year and the solar calendar year in China (correspondingly, the Spring Festival is also called the old one. ).

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Article 2 Measures for holidays on national holidays and anniversaries

Holidays for all citizens:

(1) New Year's holiday 1 day (1 October1day);

(two) the Spring Festival, a holiday of 3 days (the first day of the first month, the second day, the third day);

(3) Tomb-Sweeping Day, holiday 1 day (the day of the Qingming Festival);

(4) Labor Day, holiday 1 day (May 1 day);

(5) Dragon Boat Festival, holiday 1 day (the day of Dragon Boat Festival in the lunar calendar);

(7) National Day, 3 days off (65438+ 10/0/2, 3).

Article 44 of the Labor Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

Under any of the following circumstances, the employing unit shall pay the wages higher than the wages of workers during normal working hours according to the following standards:

(1) If the laborer is arranged to work longer hours, he shall be paid no less than 150% of the salary;

(2) If workers are arranged to work on rest days but cannot be arranged for compensatory time off, they shall be paid a salary of not less than 200% of their wages;

(3) If workers are arranged to work on legal holidays, they shall be paid no less than 300% of their wages.