Honduras public holidays
Statutory paid national holidays under Art. 339 of the Código del Trabajo (Decreto No. 189-1959) as amended, with the October holidays consolidated into the 'Feriado Morazánico' (Wed-Fri of the first week of October) by Decreto Legislativo 78-2014, made permanent by Decreto 78-2015. Calendar year 2026 with shift rules applied.
| Current value | 22 days held |
|---|---|
| In force from | 2026-01-01 |
| In force until | 2026-12-31 |
| Official source | Código del Trabajo, Decreto No. 189-1959, Art. 339 (feriados: 1-Ene, 14-Abr, 1-May, 15-Sep, 3-Oct, 12-Oct, 21-Oct, 25-Dic, más jueves, viernes y sábado de Semana Santa) y Decreto Legislativo No. 78-2015 (Feriado Morazánico); reglas cotejadas en alerta laboral de BDS Asesores |
| Last verified | 2026-07-30 |
| Verification | primary — No verification limitation recorded — read from the official source cited. |
| Provenance | source fingerprint |
What this value means
11 statutory paid days. Art. 339 base list: Jan 1, Apr 14 (Día de las Américas), May 1, Sep 15 (immovable per Decreto 78-2015), Oct 3, Oct 12, Oct 21, Dec 25, plus Thursday, Friday and Saturday of Holy Week (2026: Apr 2-4; Easter Sunday is Apr 5). Shift rule APPLIED: Decreto 78-2014/78-2015 permanently relocate the three October holidays to Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of the first week of October — in 2026 the first Wednesday is Oct 7, so the Feriado Morazánico runs Oct 7-9 (confirmed by Honduran press: 'entre el 7 y el 10 de octubre'). Under the decree the private-sector rest period technically runs from Wednesday 12:00 noon to Saturday 12:00 noon (public sector takes full Wed-Fri); this file lists the three full calendar days as commonly observed. Holidays falling on Sunday remain payable (Art. 339). DELIBERATELY EXCLUDED: municipal/local fiestas patronales (e.g., La Ceiba's San Isidro, Tegucigalpa's Virgen de Suyapa Feb 3 - not a national statutory holiday), bank-only closures, and one-off executive 'puente' decrees for public employees announced each year. Citation caveat: Art. 339 text and Decreto 78-2015 rules verified via a Honduran labor-law firm alert plus press cross-checks; the Código del Trabajo PDF on trabajo.gob.hn returned 404 at fetch time — re-verify against a Gaceta/TSC copy when reachable. 2027 EXTENSION (2026-07-30): the 11 statutory days of Codigo de Trabajo art. 339 with the Feriado Morazanico / Semana Morazanica applied. That block was created by Decreto Legislativo 75-2014 and REFORMED by Decreto Legislativo 78-2015, which moved it from the last to the FIRST week of October: it consolidates the 3, 12 and 21 October civic holidays onto the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of that week, giving 6-8 October 2027. Consequently 3, 12 and 21 October are NOT holidays in 2027 even though art. 339's text still names them, and are deliberately not emitted. The block is mandatory for both the public and private sectors; the private-sector rest window runs from Wednesday 12:00 to Saturday 12:00, so 9 October is not itself a feriado. Honduras has no transfer or weekend-compensation rule - art. 339 pays the listed days 'aunque caigan en domingo' - so Labour Day and Christmas, both Saturdays in 2027, get no substitute. NOT INCLUDED: the annual Poder Ejecutivo acuerdo that extends the block for central-government employees, which is issued around September each year. STANDING RISK: a new Congress and President take office in January 2027 and both previous changes to this block were made by short decrees passed weeks beforehand, so October 2027 should be re-verified in the third quarter of 2027.
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