Ministry of Labor: long May holidays will not be annual

It's worth reminding that at the end of April 2021, Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the proposal of the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova to make 1-10 continuous days off.

Rospotrebnadzor explained that against the background of the third wave of coronavirus, the introduction of a long weekend may have a beneficial effect on the epidemiological situation in the country, since such a regime reduces the number of movements of Russians. And this leads to a decrease in the number of COVID-19 infections.

The Ministry of Labor has recommended to employers the wages of workers who, on non-working days from May 4 to May 7, 2021, will have to ensure the work of authorities and organizations, to carry out in the usual, not increased amount.

We also note that sales of barbecues in Russia as a whole have grown six times compared to 2020 after President Putin extended the weekend.

In three days, from 23 to 25 April, Russians bought 130 thousand various goods for summer cottages, which is 2.2 times more than a year earlier. The sales of barbecues grew most rapidly. The average check for them by the end of April reached 1.8 thousand rubles, which corresponds to the level of last year, and sales increased by 500%, according to a study of the Wildberries marketplace.