The International Workers' Day (2. May) was a holiday until 2018. But NOT anymore. Instead since 2017 the Catholic Christmas Day (25 December) is a new holiday.
Postponed holidays
In Ukraine, holidays have behaved a very employee-friendly. Every holiday which is on a weekend will be postponed to the next Monday. Weekend is via definition Saturday and Sunday. The only exceptions for this rule are New Year (1. January) and the Catholic Christmas Day (25. December). These days will not postponed even if they are on a weekend.
Example (2020)
2020-01-01 official New Year's Day Новий Рік
2020-01-07 official Christmas Різдво
2020-03-08 official International Women's Day Міжнародний жіночий день
2020-03-09 postponed International Women's Day Міжнародний жіночий день
2020-04-19 official Easter Sunday Великдень
2020-04-20 postponed Easter Sunday Великдень
2020-05-01 official International Workers' Day День міжнародної солідарності трудящих
2020-05-09 official victoryDay День перемоги
2020-05-11 postponed victoryDay День перемоги
2020-06-07 official Whitsunday Трійця
2020-06-08 postponed Whitsunday Трійця
2020-06-28 official constitutionDay День Конституції
2020-06-29 postponed constitutionDay День Конституції
2020-08-24 official independenceDay День Незалежності
2020-10-14 official defenderOfUkraineDay День захисника України
2020-12-25 official catholicChristmasDay Католицький день Різдва
Date changes
The International Workers' Day (2. May) was a holiday until 2018. But NOT anymore. Instead since 2017 the Catholic Christmas Day (25 December) is a new holiday.
Postponed holidays
In Ukraine, holidays have behaved a very employee-friendly. Every holiday which is on a weekend will be postponed to the next Monday. Weekend is via definition Saturday and Sunday. The only exceptions for this rule are New Year (1. January) and the Catholic Christmas Day (25. December). These days will not postponed even if they are on a weekend.
Example (2020)