Three days of vacation - and 16 days of rest. The New Year's calendar prepared a pleasant surprise for Russians.
The last working week of 2026 will be short: you will only have to go to work on December 28, 29 and 30, and the Rosh Hashanah holidays will begin on the 31st, which will last until January 10 inclusive.
Total - 11 consecutive rest days. You'll have to go back to work on Monday, January 11, but there's a way to prolong the pleasure. If you go on vacation on December 28-30, you can say goodbye to your colleagues on the 25th and not think about chats at work for 16 days. It will only take three days off.
There are some nuances:
December 30th will not be a shortened working day: the 31st is considered a rescheduled weekend, not a holiday;.
Salaried employees will receive the full January salary if they work the monthly quota.
Holidays from January 1st to January 8th do not consume paid annual leave, and normal weekends that fall during the holiday period are taken into account.
By the way, in 2027 December 31st will also be a day off and the Russians will also have a four-day vacation in November thanks to the postponement of the January weekend.
If you've long dreamed of disappearing from the radar for work for half a month, the calendar already tells you when it's best to do so.