The State Duma is again discussing cutting the too long New Year holidays, which, according to deputies, cost the country too much and knock employees out of their work rhythm. Anatoly Lokot proposed shortening the January break and restoring longer May holidays. Parliamentarians are now preparing a bill to adjust the timing of the New Year holidays.
State Duma deputies are once again discussing the issue of shortening the New Year holidays, which they consider to be too long. Eight days of holiday idleness cost the country seven hundred billion rubles last year.Communist Party deputy Anatoly Lokot proposed that the State Duma Council come forward with a legislative initiative to shorten the New Year holidays.
In the conditions of the financial crisis, such a thing is unacceptable, parliamentarians believe. Moreover, during the long break many employees fall out of their work rhythm.In place of the January holidays, the deputy proposes reviving the tradition of May holidays. At present, deputies are drafting a bill to adjust the length of the New Year holidays.