Día de las Culturas moved to create three-day break
There is another three-day holiday coming.
The Consejo Superior of the Poder Judicial is the latest entity to rule that workers in that branch of government should take Monday, Oct. 17, off. The normal day to celebrate Día de las Culturas is Oct. 12, which is a Wednesday this year.
Other branches of government are expected to adopt the same rule.
The Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social already has announced that the holiday will be celebrated Oct.17 for private enterprises. Holidays usually can only be moved around with the approval of the ministry.
So Oct. 17, becomes a holiday with obligatory pay. But that term means nothing to most companies. Most firms still have to give their employees the day off or they have to pay double. Only a small fraction of companies that pay their employees weekly can avoid holiday pay.
Word of the Day
en·ti·ty: \ˈen-tə-tē, ˈe-nə-\
Origin: Medieval Latin entitas, from Latin ent-, ens existing thing, from coined present participle of esse to be — more at is
First Known Use: 1596
Noun
1 a: being, existence; especially : independent, separate, or self-contained existence; b: the existence of a thing as contrasted with its attributes
2: something that has separate and distinct existence and objective or conceptual reality
3: an organization (as a business or governmental unit) that has an identity separate from those of its members
More Vocabulary
Rule: v. to determine and declare authoritatively
Term: n. a point in time assigned to something (as a payment)
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