The new year will begin in the old. The new year will begin in the old December 31 is considered a holiday or a day off

But you should not worry - the organizers reported that the song was received on time. And the delay is explained simply - the Russian "sponsors" decided to "warm up" the public's interest in the event and arrange a show out of the premiere of the song.

We tell when, what time and on what channel will the presentation of the song "Little Big" ("Little Big") for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 take place.

Very soon - on Thursday 12 March 2020, we will find out with which song "Little Big" will represent Russia at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.

Announced that the presentation of the song "Little Big" will happen on Channel One live broadcast "Evening Urgant". The program is scheduled to start on 23:30 Moscow time March 12, 2020.

Previously, the broadcast with the "Little Big" group in the program "Evening Urgant" was planned by the "First" channel on Friday, March 13, 2020 (starting at 23:20 Moscow time).

That is, the presentation of the song "Little Big" for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020:
* When will take place - March 12, 2020 (Thursday).
* On the "First" channel, in the program "Evening Urgant".
* What time - at 23:30 Moscow time.

The band's frontman Ilya Pruskin announced that the song would be fun and with a "Brazilian touch". Perhaps the composition for the European song contest will be the song "Uno", a 15-second segment of which has already appeared on YouTube.

Updated on 03/12/2020 at 23:45: The composition with which the band will perform at Eurovision was (as we expected) song "Uno". You can watch the clip on the site of the "First" channel in the "Music" section.

Many people start celebrating the New Year on the morning of December 31st. And it is quite clear the desire of many to move away on this day from everyday work and various production issues. After all, there is so much to do, given that there are long New Year holidays ahead, which need to be devoted to holidays and a good rest from worries. After all, many people have earned it through hard work. In addition, there is always a desire to spend the old year with dignity.

So, despite the fact that the New Year holidays are ahead for the majority of the population of our country every year, many fellow citizens are concerned about the question of whether lawmakers will make December 31 a day off. Indeed, in a matter of hours before the new year, a lot needs to be done, for example:

Buy food and cook festive table;
stock up on gifts for your loved ones;
tidy up your appearance;
congratulate all your relatives and friends;
Finally, put up and beautifully decorate the Christmas tree.

Therefore, many would like to rest on December 31 instead of January 8, since in fact this day is already beyond the scope of the holiday.

What do we have today

In fact, the problem with the holiday on December 31 is solved automatically in 2016 and 2017, since in these 2 years the pre-holiday day falls on Saturday and Sunday. However, if December 31 in other years falls on weekdays, then labor legislation makes it possible to reduce the working day by one hour. These are the realities of today, and there is no getting away from them yet. It is quite possible that parliamentarians will finally decide to make adjustments, but more on that below.

At the same time, there are also people in the administration of many companies who are happy to let their employees go home early. In addition, there are enough firms that allow people not to go to work at all on this day.

Regional authorities have the right to declare December 31 a day off today. So, for example, they did it on the eve of 2016 in Sevastopol. In many ways, this was due not only to concern for people, but also to objective reasons caused by the energy blockade by Ukraine.

Should we expect changes in the future?

From time to time, deputies come up with an initiative to make December 31 a day off instead of January 8. The first legislative proposals appeared in 2014. They were prompted by human logic, which suggests that it is unlikely that most people will work at full strength on this day. And if so, then declaring a day off is quite reasonable. But the voice of the deputies has not yet been heard by their colleagues.

Moreover, the Ministry of Labor of the Russian Federation opposes declaring December 31 a day off. This is due to the fact that it is at the very end of the year that the lion's share of all budget calculations falls. Therefore, if December 31 becomes a holiday, then employees of budgetary institutions will receive a certain increase in salary, which will entail an additional burden on the state treasury.

Be that as it may, the issue of giving December 31 the status of an official day off will be repeatedly raised in all the corridors of power. And there is hope that sooner or later people will still have a rest on the last day of the outgoing year.

December 2018 calendar has 31 days. Of these, 10 days are holidays or weekends and 21 are working days. According to the Gregorian calendar, December begins on Saturday and ends on Monday.

Weekend in December: December 1, Saturday; December 2, Sunday; December 8, Saturday; December 9, Sunday; December 15, Saturday; December 16, Sunday; December 22, Saturday; December 23, Sunday; December 30, Sunday; December 31, Friday - rescheduled day off from December 29. Before the New Year (January 1), Russians get 2 days off: December 30 and 31.

January, despite the fact that it has 31 days, is traditionally the shortest working month in the Russian Federation. This is due to the long New Year holidays. According to Article 112 of the Labor Code Russian Federation non-working public holidays in January 2019 are:

January 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 - New Year holidays and January 7 - Christmas. According to the government decree on the transfer public holidays in 2019, New Year holidays will run from December 30, 2018 to January 8, 2019.

Weekends on January 5 and 6, 2019, which coincide with non-working holidays, will be moved to May 2 and 3, respectively. As a result, working days in January 2019 are 17 days, and holidays and weekends are 14 days. With a five-day 40 hour working week The standard working time in January is 136 hours.

Where to go on vacation in December 2018

Ideas for those who are ready for winter and unusual holidays

Stay on an icebreaker. We are flying to Arkhangelsk - only an hour and a half from Moscow, round-trip tickets cost from 5800 rubles. Right in the center of the city, at the pier of the Sea and River Station, you can visit the Icebreaking Watch excursion. On board a real working icebreaker, which has been escorting ships through the White Sea and the Northern Dvina all winter.

If you want to feel like a polar explorer more thoroughly, you can
go to New Year to the North, with the crew of the icebreaker, when it will guide ships through the waters of the port of Arkhangelsk - or even reach the White Sea. Just keep in mind that the adventure is entirely dependent on the weather.

Meet the shaman on Chumovaya Street. Khanty-Mansiysk has been chosen as the New Year's capital of Russia this year. They will celebrate here for a whole month, from December 9 to January 7. The city will build a new street - Chumovaya.

With chums instead of houses and reindeer sledge tracks instead of roads. There you can meet with a shaman, take part in the rituals and games of the Khanty and Mansi peoples. City restaurants prepare menus with local delicacies: dumplings with whitefish, venison sausage, pine nuts in honey.

With a shift work schedule, the situation is somewhat different than with workers with five and six-day working weeks, unfortunately. According to paragraph 4 of Art. 91 of the Labor Code, each enterprise is obliged to record the time worked by members of the labor collective. At the same time, the code defines the maximum norms for the duration of work time, which in the standard version are equal to 40 hours per week (8 hours per day) with a 5-day working day. For some categories of employees defined by law, the temporary working standard is reduced and amounts to 24, 35 or 36 hours.

Accounting for labor time can be done in several ways. If the daily regime of work involves the same number of hours, then the daily method of accounting for hours worked is applied. If during the week the working days are uneven in duration, although the total working time is equal from week to week, then weekly accounting is used.

Shift work is different in that it is quite difficult to comply with the established norms for the duration of work - both during the day and during the week, therefore it is impossible to apply the daily method of accounting, while the weekly method is used, but rarely. More often in such cases, the summarized method is used, within the framework of which a shift work schedule is drawn up for employees. If the schedule is drawn up incorrectly or unforeseen circumstances intervene (illness of a shift, force majeure, etc.), as a result of the execution of the planned shifts, hours of work are formed that go beyond the norms established in the code. Thus, it is worth talking about the essence of the summarized accounting of hours worked in more detail. Summarized accounting of hours worked is devoted to Art. 104 of the Labor Code, which defines such a method as the calculation of working hours in aggregate over a pre-selected period. That is, work shifts different days in time may be unequal and go beyond the limits established by law limit standards. Can also be uneven and beyond the maximum duration labor activity and work weeks. At the same time, summed up for a month (quarter, half year, year), the time standard for the duration of the performance of work duties must be observed and correspond to that specified in the Labor Code of the Russian Federation. The fact of applying the summarized accounting method and the reporting period are established by the internal documentation of the organization. Work on a non-working holiday is work that is performed in conditions that deviate from normal, as well as work at night (Article 149 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation). In this regard, the employee is made appropriate payments provided for by labor legislation and other regulatory legal acts containing labor law norms, collective and employment contracts, agreements, local regulations. According to Art. 153 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation, if the work shift falls on a non-working holiday, it is paid in the following amounts:

pieceworkers - at least at double piecework rates;

employees whose work is paid at daily and hourly tariff rates - in the amount of at least double the daily or hourly tariff rate;

employees receiving a salary (official salary):

in the amount of at least a single daily or hourly rate (part of the salary (official salary) per day or hour of work) in excess of the salary (official salary), if work on a weekend or non-working holiday was performed within the monthly norm of working time;

in the amount of at least double the daily or hourly rate (part of the salary (official salary) per day or hour of work) in excess of the salary (official salary), if the work was carried out in excess of the monthly norm of working time.

At the same time, this article states that the employer can set the specific amount of wages on a weekend or non-working holiday on his own, but not lower than the amounts provided for by law.

Thus, if an employee’s shift falls on a non-working holiday and a few more hours fall at night, he is entitled to two additional payments:

for work on a holiday (Article 153 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation);

for work at night (Article 96 of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation).

So, in this case, the change should be paid as follows:

hours actually worked on a non-working holiday are paid at least twice the amount (except when, at the request of the employee, he is given another day of rest);

wages for each hour of work at night should be increased by at least 20%.

In our country, this is truly a long-awaited holiday. It portends an active long vacation, excellent cuisine, the opportunity to go on a trip for ten days, forgetting about everyday problems. During this period, the whole country lives an almost unreal, even fabulous life. And the Russians, by tradition, are in the sweet expectation of miracles. Weekends usually start on January 1st and continue through Christmas. But what about December 31, should it be considered holiday or work?

Pre-holiday fuss

Preparations for the celebrations usually begin long before the New Year. Many people have been thinking about the various nuances of the holiday since the end of September. In the languid expectation of a significant day, they prepare gifts for relatives and colleagues, trying to impress them with something unusual. Russians buy tickets for Christmas trees for children, plan competitions and quizzes, order Santa Clauses and Snow Maidens so that kids continue to believe in miracles, and adults do not forget that they still happen in life, although most often they have to be created with their own hands.

IN recent weeks of the outgoing year, everyone is especially interested in the festive table. Hostesses learn new recipes and remember traditional dishes to please family members and guests. Most Russians prefer to stock up on groceries in advance. The final stage of preparation takes place on the eve or on the working day of December 31, which, unfortunately, is not a holiday in Russia. But there is always a reason to congratulate colleagues and colleagues, rejoicing with them on the New Year. However, everyone’s mood is already non-working, so I really want to stay at home and devote myself to pleasant preparation and chores!

There are happy coincidences

But exceptions, fortunately, happen, and on the last day of the outgoing year, sometimes there is a chance to relax. It all depends on whether December 31 will be a holiday, that is, whether it falls on the calendar in this particular year on Saturday or Sunday. The outgoing 2017 is bright to that confirmation. It gives the opportunity to prepare for the holiday without fuss and daily hassle for those who work on a schedule five or six days a week. The last day of 2017 is Sunday, so there's no point in wondering "Is December 31 officially a public holiday or a work day?". The last month of the old year gave the workers ten days off. Exactly the same number of Russians will have to rest in a row in And only January 9 will be the first working day, eagerly awaited in 2018.

When will it happen again?

Whether December 31 is a holiday or a workday, the calendar can tell. The next time Sunday this day will be only in 2023, and in the previous 2022 the last day will be Saturday, which may also be for most pleasant surprise. Further, on Sunday, the eve of the New Year will become only in 2028. The specified year will turn out to be a leap year, for this reason there will be a shift, because the previous 2027 will end on Friday. On Saturday, this day after 2022 will not fall soon. Such a coincidence will happen only in 2033, and in the next 2034 the last day will again be Sunday.

Who works on the night of miracles?

It is clear that many professions are so important and irreplaceable that their representatives simply cannot suspend their activities, so the holiday or working day of December 31 is not important for them. They are always at their post. These heroes of labor include, first of all, doctors, policemen, security guards and rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. They will have to ensure peace and protect the health of people on the eve of the holiday and New Year's Eve. The same applies to drivers of vehicles and catering workers, as well as employees of enterprises and institutions who do not have the opportunity to suspend their activities. And, of course, store sellers will work, whose revenue on December 31 on a holiday or working day, as you know, is consistently fantastically high.

Labor code on holidays

Weekend work is prohibited and should only take place in exceptional cases. This provision is enshrined in Labor Code. In addition, coming to work on weekends and holidays is possible only with the consent of the employee or in situations where the further work of the company really depends on it, that is, in force majeure and emergency circumstances.

In this regard, whether, according to the law, December 31 is a holiday or a working day, it is considered a matter of principle, because an employee deprived of rest on this day has every right to count on compensation. It can be provided in the form of an additional day off. But in this situation, the employee loses the chance for additional pay. Otherwise, the employee is entitled to monetary compensation. Thus, whether December 31 turns out to be a holiday or a work day, for accrual wages this fact is of decisive importance, since work on a day off must be paid at a double rate.

From the history of the holiday

Until 1700, the New Year in Russia was not celebrated in January at all. The celebration took place in March. And only with the onset of spring and the arrival of heat, the countdown of the first day in the coming year was started.

This situation changed only with the accession to the throne of Peter I. And ours began to be celebrated, as now, on January 1. True, the celebrations were held according to the Julian calendar, or, as it is now customary to express it, according to the old style. Therefore, in 1700, the holiday came 10 days later than in Europe, because the Russian calendar was so late in those days compared to the Gregorian one. This chronology was introduced in our country only after the revolution (in 1918) by decree of the new government. To this event, modern Russians owe their other widely celebrated and traditional holiday called "Old New Year", which comes 13 days later, but is no longer considered a day off.

New Year's celebrations over the last 100 years

From 1929 to 1935 In Russia, it was not customary to celebrate New Year's dates at all. Moreover, the holiday was among the banned ones, as many people associated it with Orthodox Christmas. But soon the prohibitions were over, and brightly dressed Christmas tree again became a favorite pastime of the children. Was December 31 a holiday or work day? In those days, not only the eve of the holiday, but also January 1 were considered the most ordinary days, which were officially declared days off only in 1947. But January 2 was considered a working day. This situation changed only in 1992.

Since then, the number of holidays (winter holidays, as they are now called) has increased significantly. Since 2005 new year festivities were extended until January 5, and taking into account the Christmas celebrations, they totaled 10 days. True, in 2013 the holidays slightly decreased and now they usually continue until January 8th.