Based on the Law on Holidays of the SFR Yugoslavia from 1973, it was determined that May 1 is an international labor holiday. Thus, it was stated that this holiday will be celebrated on two days (May 1 and 2).
The same law stipulates that if one of the days on which May 1 is celebrated falls on a Sunday, the first following day after those two days is considered a holiday.
In accordance with the notification of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, citizens are informed that May 1 is International Labor Day and that it is celebrated on two days – May 1, Monday and May 2, Tuesday.
Employers, institutions, administrative bodies as well as other legal entities do not work on these days.
Employers, institutions, administrative bodies and other legal entities do not work on public holidays, the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Policy said.
International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day in most countries and often referred to as May Day is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement and occurs every year on May Day (1 May).
