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Production calendar for 2017 for Belarus

DECREE OF THE MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL PROTECTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS dated October 5, 2016 No. 54 On establishing the estimated standard working time for 2017

Based on subclause 7.1.1 of clause 7 of the Regulations on the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus, approved by Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus dated October 31, 2001 No. 1589 “Issues of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus”, Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus DECIDES:

1. Establish an estimated standard of working time for 2017 with a full standard of its duration no more than:

• for a five-day work week with days off on Saturday and Sunday – 2019 hours;
• for a six-day work week with a day off on Sunday – 2021 hours.

2. This resolution comes into force after its official publication.

The estimated standard working time established by the resolution is used by the employer to determine the number of employees, the duration of working time during which the employee is required to be at the workplace, drawing up work schedules (shifts), as well as for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the working time standards established by the Labor Code.

Production calendar for 2017

The estimated working hours are established annually. On its basis, the employer determines the duration of working hours during which the employee is required to be at the workplace, draws up a work schedule (shifts), and also monitors compliance with the duration of working hours established by the Labor Code.

The production calendar is a special calendar compiled on the basis of government regulations, taking into account weekends and holidays for the current year.

About working hours in 2017

Production calendar for a six-day working week in 2017 for Belarus

With a full standard working time (40 hours per week), the estimated standard working time for 2017 will be for a five-day working week with days off on Saturday and Sunday - 2019 hours; for a six-day work week with a day off on Sunday - 2021 hours. The established estimated standard working time is used by the employer to determine the number of employees, the duration of working time during which the employee is required to be at the workplace, drawing up work schedules (shifts), as well as for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the working time standards established by the Labor Code of the Republic of Belarus .

There are 365 calendar days in 2017. Of this number of days, with a five-day working week there will be 253 working days, and with a six-day working week - 304 working days (12 calendar months are taken into account). The average monthly number of working days in 2017 will be 21.1 days for a five-day working week, and 25.3 days for a six-day working week.

When determining the number of working days, weekends according to the calendar of a five-day (Saturday and Sunday) or six-day (Sunday) working week, as well as public holidays and public holidays that are declared non-working days are excluded from the number of calendar days. In 2017, non-working holidays will be January 1 - New Year; January 7 - Nativity of Christ (Orthodox Christmas); March 8 - Women's Day; April 25 - Radunitsa (according to the calendar of the Orthodox denomination); May 1 - Labor Day; May 9 - Victory Day; July 3 - Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus (Republic Day); November 7 - October Revolution Day; December 25 - Nativity of Christ (Catholic Christmas).

The duration of work on the working day immediately preceding a public holiday or public holiday (hereinafter referred to as pre-holiday days), declared non-working days by Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated March 26, 1998 No. 157 “On public holidays, public holidays and memorable dates in the Republic of Belarus”, is reduced by one hour.

Both with a five-day working week and with a six-day working week, the pre-holiday days in 2017 will be: January 6, March 7, April 24, May 8 and November 6.

This rule does not contain exceptions for any categories of workers, including those working part-time, for workers who have reduced working hours or part-time work. Thus, this rule applies to all employees of the organization.

Taking into account certain features of part-time work, if necessary, the duration of work on a pre-holiday day for the specified category of workers, taking into account the needs of production, can be specified in the local regulatory legal acts of the employer.

Commentary on the resolution of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus dated October 5, 2016 No. 54 “On establishing the estimated working time standard for 2017”

For 2017, the estimated standard working time was established by Decree of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus dated October 5, 2016 No. 54 “On establishing the estimated standard working time for 2017” (hereinafter referred to as Resolution No. 54), according to which, with the full standard working time (40 hours per week) the estimated working hours for 2017 will be:

• for a five-day work week with days off on Saturday and Sunday - 2019 hours;
• for a six-day work week with a day off on Sunday - 2021 hours.

The estimated standard working time established by Resolution No. 54 is used by the employer to determine the number of employees, the duration of working time during which the employee is required to be at the workplace, drawing up work schedules (shifts), as well as for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the working time standards established by the Labor Code .

It must be taken into account that not in all cases the calculated standard working time can be applied to a specific employee. If an employee did not work during a calendar year or during certain periods of it for valid reasons (due to temporary disability, labor and other leaves, in other cases provided for by law), then for these employees the employer independently determines the specified standard of working time.

Also, if the organization has a different operating mode (with a five-day working week, in which employees are given days off other than Saturday and Sunday, or with a six-day working week with a day off not on Sunday, but on another day of the calendar week, or with a shift work schedule , as well as under other regimes), then the estimated working time standard established by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection may not be applied.

Under the above and other working time regimes, the employer independently ensures the determination of the estimated norm of working time in compliance with the norms of Articles 112 - 117 of the Labor Code, Resolution No. 133, and by its local regulatory legal act establishes its value for the corresponding calendar year (month, quarter, year) , which will be the full standard working time for the organization’s employees.

In the event of an employee’s absence from work (temporary disability, social leave, performance of government duties, etc.) (hereinafter referred to as the time of absence), the time of absence falling within hours (days) according to the work schedule (shift) is excluded from the calculated standard of working time. There are 365 calendar days in 2017. Of this number of days, with a five-day working week there will be 253 working days, and with a six-day working week - 304 working days (12 calendar months are taken into account). The average monthly number of working days in 2017 will be 21.1 days (253/12) for a five-day working week, and 25.3 days (304/12) for a six-day working week.

The estimated working time for each specific month can also be calculated as follows: the length of the working week (40, 36, 30, 24, etc. hours) is divided by 5, multiplied by the number of working days according to the calendar of the five-day working week of a specific month and from the resulting quantity, the number of hours in a given month by which working time is reduced on the eve of non-working holidays is subtracted. In a similar manner, the standard working time for the year as a whole can be calculated: the length of the working week (40, 36, 30, 24, etc. hours) is divided by 5, multiplied by the number of working days according to the calendar of a five-day working week per year and from the resulting quantity, the number of hours in a given year by which working time is reduced on the eve of non-working holidays is subtracted. For example. In January 2017, with a five-day work week with two days off on Saturday and Sunday, there will be 22 working days, of which one is a pre-holiday day, and 9 days off and non-working holidays.

The estimated working hours in January will be:

• with a 40-hour work week – 175 hours (8 hours x 22 days – 1 hour);
• with a 36-hour work week – 157.4 hours (7.2 hours x 22 days – 1 hour);
• with a 24-hour work week – 104.6 hours (4.8 hours x 22 days – 1 hour).

• with a 40-hour work week – 2019 hours (8 hours x 253 days – 5 hours);
• with a 36-hour work week – 1816.6 hours (7.2 hours x 253 days – 5 hours);
• with a 24-hour work week – 1209.4 hours (4.8 hours x 253 days – 5 hours).

Of the nine non-working holidays, eight are celebrated on the days established by Decree No. 157, and the ninth holiday, Radunitsa, is celebrated according to the calendar of the Orthodox denomination in the corresponding year. In 2017, non-working holidays will be:

• January 1 - New Year;
• January 7 - Nativity of Christ (Orthodox Christmas);
• March 8 - Women's Day;
• April 25 - Radunitsa (according to the calendar of the Orthodox denomination);
• May 1 - Labor Day;
• May 9 - Victory Day;
• July 3 - Independence Day of the Republic of Belarus (Republic Day);
• November 7 - October Revolution Day;
• December 25 - Nativity of Christ (Catholic Christmas).

In accordance with Article 69 of the Labor Code, for each hour of work on public holidays, public holidays and weekends, in addition to the wages accrued for the specified time, an additional payment is made: to workers with piecework wages - not lower than piecework rates, to workers with time wages - not lower than hourly rates tariff rates (salaries).

If work on public holidays and public holidays was performed in excess of the monthly working time norm, the employee, at his request, in addition to the additional payment, may be provided with another unpaid day of rest.

Please note that a prerequisite for attracting an employee to work on a day off is the presence of an order (instruction) from the employer, which stipulates all the conditions for attracting him to work on a day off. The procedure for attracting people to work on weekends and its registration is determined by the norms of Articles 142, 143 and 145 of the Labor Code.

In accordance with the provisions of Article 116 of the Labor Code, the duration of work on the working day immediately preceding a public holiday or public holiday (hereinafter referred to as pre-holiday days), declared non-working days by Decree No. 157, is reduced by one hour.

With a five-day working week, January 6, March 7, April 24, May 8 and November 6 are working days before holidays.

With a six-day working week, the pre-holiday days are: January 6, March 7, April 24, May 8 and November 6.

This rule applies to all employees, regardless of the length of their working hours.

This rule does not contain exceptions for any categories of workers, including those working part-time, for workers who have reduced working hours or part-time work. Thus, this rule applies to all employees of the organization.

However, taking into account certain features of part-time work, if necessary, the duration of work on a pre-holiday day for the specified category of workers, taking into account the needs of production, can be specified in the local regulatory legal acts of the employer.

Professional holidays (for example, Lawyer's Day, Teacher's Day, Banking and Financial Workers' Day, Physical Culture and Sports Workers' Day, etc.) are not non-working holidays, and the rule on reducing working hours by an hour on a pre-holiday day does not apply to them .

In addition, the working day (shift) is not shortened if a non-working holiday is preceded by a day off (according to the calendar or work schedule (shift)).

If, due to production conditions, it is impossible to reduce the duration of work, then overtime is compensated by agreement of the parties by providing an additional day of rest, paid in a single amount as these hours accumulate, or by increased payment in the amount established for payment of overtime work in accordance with Article 69 of the Labor Code.

Labor legislation does not establish a period during which an employee is provided with an additional day of rest as compensation for overtime on pre-holiday days, and therefore the employer must establish the conditions for providing an additional day of rest during the accounting period. When drawing up work schedules (shifts), it should be taken into account that, in accordance with Article 147 of the Labor Code, work is not performed on public holidays and holidays established and declared non-working days by the President of the Republic of Belarus.

On public holidays and public holidays, work is allowed, the suspension of which is impossible due to production and technological conditions (continuously operating organizations), work caused by the need for continuous service to the population, organizations, as well as urgent repair and loading and unloading work. Moreover, such work is planned in advance in the work schedule (shift) at the expense of the monthly working time standard.

According to the norms of Article 61 of the Labor Code, remuneration for employees of organizations is made on the basis of hourly and (or) monthly tariff rates (salaries) determined in a collective agreement, agreement or by the employer, and in budgetary organizations and other organizations receiving subsidies, whose employees are equal in wages to employees of budgetary organizations (hereinafter referred to as budgetary organizations), - by the Government of the Republic of Belarus or an authorized body.

This means that the employer (with the exception of budgetary organizations) independently establishes the size and procedure for calculating hourly tariff rates, which must be determined in a collective agreement, agreement, and in their absence - in another local regulatory legal act of the organization (for example, an order).

Considering that the procedure for determining the hourly tariff rate for remuneration of workers of commercial organizations is within the competence of the employer, then to calculate it the employer can apply both the average monthly working time calculated in the manner determined by Resolution No. 133, and independently, in the manner provided for in local regulatory legal act, taking into account the calculated standard of working time established annually based on the operating mode of the organization, which, as a rule, does not change during the calendar year (accounting period), including establishing the average monthly standard of working time as a constant value that can be determined based on the estimated working hours for a number of calendar years (for example, 5 or 10 years). In 2017, with a standard working time of 40 hours per week, the average monthly calculation norm for a five-day work week is 168.3 hours (2019/12), for a six-day work week - 168.4 hours (2021/12), over the past five years for five-day and six-day working week, the calculated norm will be 168.6 hours ((2023 + 2008 + 2015 + 2032 + 2038) / 5 / 12), for the last ten years - will be 169 hours ((2016 + 2024 + 2032 + 2050 + 2037 + 2023 + 2008 + 2015 + 2032 + 2038) / 10 / 12).

For reference: The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus for a 40-hour five-day working week with days off on Saturday and Sunday has established the following estimated working hours: for 2016 - 2038 hours, for 2015 - 2032 hours, for 2014 - 2015 hours, for 2013 - 2008 hours, for 2012 - 2023 hours, for 2011 - 2037 hours, for 2010 - 2050 hours, 2009 - 2032 hours, for 2008 - 2024 hours, for 2007 - 2016 hours, for 2006 - 2020 hours.

It is also necessary to take into account that if hourly tariff rates are calculated on the basis of the average monthly standard of working time, determined taking into account the estimated standard of working time established for the corresponding calendar year, then in this case the hourly tariff rates and piece rates must be recalculated annually. This is due to the fact that the value of the calculated norm of working time for a calendar year changes annually, therefore, the value of the average monthly norm of working time of the corresponding calendar year also changes.

Peshchenko Elena Aleksandrovna - consultant of the department of organization and labor motivation of the main department of labor and wages of the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Belarus.

Production calendar with colored squares cannot be confused with anything - it has its own clear specificity. It is necessary for accounting calculations, and accounting workers simply cannot do without it. After all, it contains all the basic information about how many working days there are in a year, quarter or month, what days public holidays fall on, as well as the total number of days off. This is necessary in order to keep records correctly and draw up a correct report on salary crediting, so that there are no errors, hours are accurately distributed among working days, and all paid holidays are taken into account.

Production calendar should be in every enterprise, because it is needed not only by accountants and managers, but also by ordinary workers. After all, it is important that everyone knows about their rights to legal rest and when they are and are not supposed to work. After all, employees can not only calculate from the calendar how many regular days off they have, but also find out about all the holidays. It is impossible to remember and keep everything in mind, especially since some holidays on working days are worked out on certain weekends. In the calendar you can also find out about the shortened days that come before the holidays. Knowing your rights is very important, and the production calendar will help everyone with this.

That is why a working person can properly plan his time and choose the most suitable month and days for going on vacation. The calendar also contains information about some professional holidays.

Production calendar for 2017 Belarus

A special calendar has been released in Belarus for 2017, which makes it easy to plan your working days and find out weekends and holidays in advance. From the calendar you can find out that this year there will be a certain standard of hours for a five-day working week and a six-day one. A five-day period is 2019 hours per year, including two days off. And for a six-day period - 2021 hours, with one day off on Sunday. Thanks to such an accurate calculation, the employer will be able to clearly arrange and plan working hours, and also ensure that the employee remains in his place until the end of the normal hours.

Production calendar for 2017 Belarus allows accountants to draw up a diagram of the work schedule and shifts of employees. In 2017, all days before public holidays will be considered shortened and shortened by an hour. And this is regardless of whether a person works five or six days a week. This applies to all enterprises, regardless of whether the employee works at his main job or part-time.

The production calendar for 2017 Belarus has its own peculiarity. If you compare the calendars of other countries, a special principle applies here. If a holiday falls on a legal day off, then the next day after the day off is not considered a holiday, since holidays in this case are not transferred, and an additional day for rest is not given. But if a holiday is the day before a weekend, then the working day in the interval is transferred to another.

Holidays in 2017 in Belarus

Holidays in 2017 in Belarus are celebrated strictly according to the calendar. These days include January 1 - which falls on a Sunday. Also January 7 is Christmas, and without fail Women's Day (March 8). And according to the Orthodox calendar, the Radunitsa holiday is celebrated on April 25. May holidays May 1 and 9 - Labor Day and Victory Day. In the summer there are almost no public holidays, only July 3 - Independence Day. November 7 is the October Revolution Day. And in winter - Christmas according to the Catholic calendar (December 25).

If the work is five days, then the days before Christmas in January, Women's Day, Radunitsa and the day of the October Revolution are considered pre-holiday shortened. The same is true for a six-day work week. It is also worth knowing that in Belarus there are many holidays that are not celebrated, and the days remain working days. These are Constitution Day, Day of the State Emblem and State Flag of the Republic of Belarus, Defenders of the Fatherland Day, as well as Easter according to the Orthodox and Catholic calendars. This also includes Memorial Day.

Existing professional holidays, such as Teacher's Day, Physical Education Workers' Day or Lawyer's Day, are not considered non-working days. Therefore, before these holidays, the day is not considered shortened and is not reduced by an hour.

Holidays in 2017 in Belarus apply to all employees who initially work shorter hours or work part-time. This applies to absolutely all working people. But there is also a nuance that will be easy to calculate using the calendar. If after a holiday day off there is immediately a stable day off (Saturday or Sunday), then in this case the day before the holiday is not considered shortened, and people will work full working hours. Therefore, it is very important to know the holidays in 2017 in Belarus in order to initially make the correct schedule and calculate working days and weekends correctly.

A state holiday is a holiday established in the Republic of Belarus to commemorate an event that has special historical or socio-political significance for the Republic of Belarus, which had a significant impact on the development of the Belarusian state and society.

Public holidays in Belarus are established in accordance with Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus dated March 26, 1998 No. 157 “On public holidays, public holidays and memorable dates in the Republic of Belarus”

The following public holidays are celebrated in the Republic of Belarus:

Holidays celebrated:

all-republican

religious

Declared non-working days:

The decision to establish public holidays and public holidays, to grant the corresponding event the status of a public holiday, is made by the President of the Republic of Belarus.

A draft of such a decision is submitted in accordance with the general procedure established for the submission of draft acts of the President of the Republic of Belarus for consideration by the President of the Republic of Belarus. The draft is accompanied by a reasoned justification for the need for its adoption.
On public holidays and national holidays, in accordance with the law, the State Flag of the Republic of Belarus is raised.

Conducting official celebrations, military parades, artillery salutes and fireworks on the occasion of public holidays and public holidays is carried out in accordance with the law.

Days dedicated to outstanding events, traditional dates, honoring workers of a certain profession, sector of the economy or field of activity, etc., are holidays if established by the President of the Republic of Belarus.

Dates that do not have the characteristics of public holidays or public holidays, but are associated with certain historical events in the life of the state and society or are traditionally celebrated by certain categories of citizens, are memorable dates.

In the Republic of Belarus, holidays established by acts of international organizations and other international legal documents may be celebrated.

The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Belarus has “made up” the production calendar for 2017.

With a full standard working time (40 hours per week), the estimated standard working time for 2017 will be for a five-day working week with days off on Saturday and Sunday - 2019 hours; for a six-day work week with a day off on Sunday - 2021 hours.

The established estimated standard working time is used by the employer to determine the number of employees, the duration of working time during which the employee is required to be at the workplace, drawing up work schedules (shifts), as well as for the purpose of monitoring compliance with the working time standards established by the Labor Code.

There are 365 calendar days in 2017. Of this number of days, with a five-day working week there will be 253 working days, and with a six-day working week - 304 working days (12 calendar months are taken into account).

The average monthly number of working days in 2017 will be 21.1 days for a five-day working week, and 25.3 days for a six-day working week.

When determining the number of working days, weekends according to the calendar of a five-day (Saturday and Sunday) or six-day (Sunday) working week, as well as public holidays and public holidays that are declared non-working days are excluded from the number of calendar days.

In 2017, non-working holidays will be:

The duration of work on the working day immediately preceding a public holiday or public holiday is reduced by one hour. Both with a five-day working week and with a six-day working week, the pre-holiday days in 2017 will be January 6, March 7, April 24, May 8 and November 6. This rule applies to all employees, regardless of the length of their working hours. This rule does not contain exceptions for any categories of workers, including those working part-time, for workers who have reduced working hours or part-time work. Therefore, it applies to all employees of the organization.

However, taking into account certain features of part-time work, if necessary, the duration of work on a pre-holiday day for the specified category of workers, taking into account the needs of production, can be specified in the local regulatory legal acts of the employer.

According to Article 136 of the Labor Code, in order to rationally use working time, days off, public holidays and public holidays, the Government of Belarus, in agreement with the President, may transfer certain working days to weekends falling on Saturdays. The right to postpone working days is granted only to the government, but not to the employer, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection noted.

To provide employers with the opportunity to use working time more rationally and establish work schedules (shifts) in advance, Resolution of the Council of Ministers of November 9, 2016 No. 912 announced the transfer of working days in 2017.

The working day is postponed from January 2(Monday) on Saturday January 21, with the days of rest being December 31, 2016, January 1 (New Year) and January 2, 2017.

The working day is postponed from April 24(Monday) on Saturday, April 29, while the days of rest will be April 22, 23, 24, 25 (Radunitsa).

Working day from May 8(Monday) is moved to Saturday, May 6, the days of rest will be three days in a row - May 7, 8, 9 (Victory Day).

Working day from November 6(Monday) is moved to Saturday, November 4, the days of rest will again be three days in a row - November 5, 6, 7 (October Revolution Day).

Transfers apply only to employees of organizations that have a five-day working week with days off on Saturday and Sunday, and also for which the transferred day is a working day, and do not apply to employees of organizations that have summarized working time recording, as well as those working on six-day work week.

The postponement of working days allows employees to use the holiday period in their own interests (to visit relatives, friends, on a tourist trip, etc.).

Production calendar for 2017

1. For a five-day work week

2. For a six-day work week

There will be 253 working days, and with a six-day working week - 304 working days (12 calendar months are taken into account).

The average monthly number of working days in 2017 will be 21.1 days for a five-day working week, and 25.3 days for a six-day working week.

When determining the number of working days, weekends according to the calendar of a five-day (Saturday and Sunday) or six-day (Sunday) working week, as well as public holidays and public holidays that are declared non-working days are excluded from the number of calendar days.

Non-working holidays in 2017:

1st of January- New Year (in 2017, the non-working holiday January 1 falls on Sunday);

The duration of work on the working day immediately preceding a public holiday or public holiday is reduced by one hour. In 2017, the pre-holiday days will be shortened: January 6, March 7, April 24, May 8 and November 6.

!This rule applies to all employees of the organization, regardless of the length of their working hours. This rule does not contain exceptions for any categories of workers, including those working part-time, for workers who have reduced working hours or part-time work.

However, taking into account the characteristics of part-time work, if necessary, the duration of work on a pre-holiday day for the specified category of workers, taking into account the needs of production, can be specified in the local regulatory legal acts of the employer.

To provide employers with the opportunity to use working time more rationally and establish work schedules (shifts) in advance, Resolution of the Council of Ministers of November 9, 2016 No. 912 announced the transfer of working days in 2017:

• working day is postponed from January 2(Monday) on Saturday January 21, with the days of rest being December 31, 2016, January 1 (New Year) and January 2, 2017;
• working day is postponed from April 24(Monday) on Saturday, April 29, with days of rest being April 22, 23, 24, 25 (Radunitsa);
• working day is postponed from May 8(Monday) on Saturday, May 6, rest days will be three days in a row - May 7, 8, 9 (Victory Day);
• working day is postponed from November 6(Monday) on Saturday, November 4, the days of rest will again be three days in a row - November 5, 6, 7 (October Revolution Day).

!Transfers apply only to employees of organizations that have a five-day working week with days off on Saturday and Sunday, and also for which the transferred day is a working day, and do not apply to employees of organizations that have a summarized recording of working time, as well as workers on a six-day work week.

Production calendar for 2017

1. For a five-day work week

2. For a six-day work week