Overview
- Labor Day on Friday, May 1 is a fixed national holiday in Argentina, Peru and Spain, and a mandatory rest day in Mexico, creating three‑day weekends where it falls on a Friday.
- Argentina’s Labor Contract Law requires double pay for those who work on the holiday, while Peru’s rules grant a triple daily rate if no compensatory day off is given.
- In Mexico, May 1 is a legal rest day for workers, but May 5 is not; basic‑education students are off on April 30 and May 5, with Aguascalientes also giving students Monday, May 4.
- Several municipalities in Argentina’s Buenos Aires province declared Thursday, April 30 a local non‑working day and some mark Friday, May 8 for local observances, giving select districts four‑day breaks.
- Protests and service slowdowns planned for Thursday, April 30 in Argentina include CGT marches, an ATE strike at the national weather service and reduced bus frequencies, which could disrupt travel into the long weekend.