Govt Announces 2024 National Holidays, Collective Leave Days

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The government officially determined the national holidays and collective leave days for 2024 through a joint decree signed on Tuesday, September 12, by three ministers; the Religious Affairs Minister, the Manpower Minister, and the Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister.

In Joint Decree No. 855/2023, No. 3/2023, and No. 4/2023, there are 17 national holidays and 10 days of collective leave in 2024.

“This joint decree is a guideline for government and private institutions in implementing national holidays and collective leave days in 2024,” Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy said as quoted from the Coordinating Ministry’s official website.

Here is the list of the public holidays next year as stipulated in the decree:

National Holidays in 2024:

• January 1: New Year’s Day

• February 8: Isra Mikraj of Prophet Muhammad SAW

• February 10: Chinese New Year 2575

• March 11: Nyepi (Day of Silence) 1946

• March 29: Good Friday

• March 31: Easter Day

• April 10-11: Eid al-Fitr 1445 Hijri

• May 1: International Labor Day

• May 9: Ascension Day of Jesus Christ

• May 23: Waisak 2568

• June 1: Pancasila Day

• June 17: Eid al-Adha 1445 Hijri

• July 7: Islamic New Year 1446 Hijri

• August 17: Independence Day 

• September 16: Birthday of Prophet Muhammad SAW

• December 25: Christmas Day

Mandatory Collective Leave Days in 2024:

• February 9: collective holiday for Chinese New Year

• March 12: collective holiday for Nyepi 

• April 8, 9, 12, 15: collective holiday for Eid al-Fitr

• May 10: collective holiday for the Ascension of Jesus Christ

• May 24: collective holiday for Waisak Day

• June 18: collective holiday for Eid al-Adha 1445

• December 26: collective leave days for Christmas 

ANGELINA TIARA PUSPITALOVA

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