Thursday, April 26, 2007

Ecuador Confirms Labour Day on May 1st

Sources: El Universo and Ecuador public holidays. The government of Ecuador confirmed that the upcoming Labour Day public holiday (Día del Trabajo) would be observed on Tuesday, May 1, 2007, and not be moved to the previous Monday as the common practice in South America would lead some to believe. This applies to both the private and public sectors, although the public sector announcement was made independently through the Secretaría Nacional de Remuneraciones del Sector Público (Senres). Note that Ecuador's 2007 Labour Day remaining fixed on May 1st, corresponds to the list of Ecuador public holidays that we published on August 5th of last year.