Romania's public holidays in 2027, with the day of the week: 17 holidays, 9 on weekdays. Bridge days, long weekends, working on holidays, the religious-denomination rule and 2027 leave planning.
Translated from Romanian. This article covers Romanian labour and tax law; the Romanian version is canonical and is updated first.
The end of September is when next year gets prepared. The Labour Code requires leave to be scheduled by the end of the calendar year for the following year, and staffing budgets and production plans start from the number of working days. And 2027 has a few particularities: Orthodox Easter falls late, on 2 May, and 1 May is a Saturday; both days of Christmas fall on the weekend; and, unlike in 2026, 1 June no longer overlaps with Pentecost. What follows: the full calendar, the possible bridge days, the rules for working on holidays, the rule for religious denominations and the planning steps worth taking now. For the current year, see the public holidays in 2026.
The list of public holidays is in article 139(1) of the Labour Code (Legea nr. 53/2003). There are 17 days: 1 and 2 January, 6 and 7 January, 24 January, Good Friday (the last Friday before Easter), the first and second day of Easter, 1 May, 1 June, the first and second day of Pentecost, the Dormition of the Mother of God (15 August), 30 November, 1 December, the first and second day of Christmas. On top of these, people who belong to religious denominations other than Christian ones are entitled to days off for their own religious holidays (see below).
The list has not changed for 2027. It was last supplemented by Legea nr. 52/2023, which added 6 and 7 January, and the consolidated text on legislatie.just.ro (latest consolidated version: 27 April 2026) contains no other days. A bill that would add 10 May to the list (L334/2026) was rejected by the Senate on 29 June 2026 and sent to the Chamber of Deputies, the deciding chamber; at the date of publication it had not become law, so the list stays at 17 days. The employer grants the days off (paragraph 2), and the applicable collective labour agreement may set other days off (article 143).
The rule that matters most in practice: public holidays on which no work is done are not included in the length of annual leave (article 145(3)). They are not deducted from the minimum 20 days; they are a separate right.
| Date | Holiday | Day of the week | On a weekday? |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January | New Year (Anul Nou) | Friday | yes |
| 2 January | New Year | Saturday | no, weekend |
| 6 January | Epiphany (Boboteaza) | Wednesday | yes |
| 7 January | Saint John the Baptist (Sfântul Ioan Botezătorul) | Thursday | yes |
| 24 January | Union of the Romanian Principalities Day (Ziua Unirii Principatelor Române) | Sunday | no, weekend |
| 30 April | Good Friday (Vinerea Mare) | Friday | yes |
| 1 May | Labour Day (Ziua Muncii) | Saturday | no, weekend |
| 2 May | Orthodox Easter (Paștele ortodox) | Sunday | no, weekend |
| 3 May | Easter Monday (A doua zi de Paște) | Monday | yes |
| 1 June | Children’s Day (Ziua Copilului) | Tuesday | yes |
| 20 June | Pentecost (Rusalii) | Sunday | no, weekend |
| 21 June | Whit Monday (A doua zi de Rusalii) | Monday | yes |
| 15 August | Dormition of the Mother of God (Adormirea Maicii Domnului) | Sunday | no, weekend |
| 30 November | Saint Andrew (Sfântul Andrei) | Tuesday | yes |
| 1 December | Romania’s National Day (Ziua Națională a României) | Wednesday | yes |
| 25 December | Christmas Day (Crăciunul) | Saturday | no, weekend |
| 26 December | Second day of Christmas (A doua zi de Crăciun) | Sunday | no, weekend |
The Easter dates (Good Friday, Easter, Pentecost) follow the Orthodox calendar. Orthodox Easter falls on 2 May 2027, and Pentecost 49 days later, on 20 June.
Our own calculation: the Monday-to-Friday days, minus the holidays that fall on a working day. For shift or part-time schedules, the figures differ.
| Month | Monday–Friday days | Holidays on working days | Working days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21 | 3 | 18 |
| February | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| March | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| April | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| May | 21 | 1 | 20 |
| June | 22 | 2 | 20 |
| July | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| August | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| September | 22 | 0 | 22 |
| October | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| November | 22 | 1 | 21 |
| December | 23 | 1 | 22 |
| Total | 261 | 9 | 252 |
Eight of the 17 holidays in 2027 fall on a Saturday or a Sunday: 2 January, 24 January, 1 May, 2 May, 20 June, 15 August, 25 and 26 December. Article 139 does not provide for any day off in their place. For an employee on a Monday–Friday schedule, the day simply brings nothing extra. Watch out for a common mix-up: Monday 3 May is a day off because it is Easter Monday, not as compensation for 1 May. It is different for someone who actually works that day on a shift, at a workplace where the law allows work on holidays (see below): work on a public holiday that falls on a Saturday or Sunday is still compensated under article 142.
A bridge day is a working day sandwiched between a holiday and the weekend. The way the days fall in 2027 produces these periods:
| Period | Holidays in the period | Leave needed | Consecutive days off |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1–3 January (Friday–Sunday) | 1 and 2 January | 0 | 3 |
| 6–10 January (Wednesday–Sunday) | 6 and 7 January | 1 (Friday, 8 January) | 5 |
| 1–10 January (Friday–Sunday) | 1, 2, 6 and 7 January | 3 (4, 5 and 8 January) | 10 |
| 30 April–3 May (Friday–Monday) | Good Friday, 1 May, Easter, Easter Monday | 0 | 4 |
| 30 April–9 May (Friday–Sunday) | same | 4 (4–7 May) | 10 |
| 29 May–1 June (Saturday–Tuesday) | 1 June | 1 (Monday, 31 May) | 4 |
| 19–21 June (Saturday–Monday) | Pentecost, Whit Monday | 0 | 3 |
| 27 November–1 December (Saturday–Wednesday) | 30 November, 1 December | 1 (Monday, 29 November) | 5 |
| 27 November–5 December (Saturday–Sunday) | 30 November, 1 December | 3 (29 November, 2 and 3 December) | 9 |
The most requested periods will probably be the start of January, 4–7 May and 29 November–3 December. It is worth looking at them from September–October, so that you do not end up with half the team away in the same week.
One thing to keep in mind before you announce anything to the team: the bridge days above are ordinary working days, which employees can take from their annual leave.
Article 139 treats employees who belong to a legally recognised religious denomination separately:
In 2027 the gap between the calendars is wide, because Western (Gregorian) Easter falls on 28 March, not on 2 May. Here is how the dates look for an employee of the Roman Catholic denomination, compared with the Orthodox calendar:
| Holiday | Roman Catholic denomination, 2027 | Orthodox calendar, 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Good Friday | 26 March (Friday) | 30 April (Friday) |
| Easter | 28 March (Sunday) and 29 March (Monday) | 2 May (Sunday) and 3 May (Monday) |
| Pentecost | 16 May (Sunday) and 17 May (Monday) | 20 June (Sunday) and 21 June (Monday) |
The law does not describe a request procedure. The simplest thing is to set one yourself in the internal rules: a written request from the employee, with a deadline early in the year or a reasonable notice period. Mind the personal data: religious beliefs are a special category of data under the GDPR (article 9), so ask only for what is strictly necessary to grant the days off, keep the requests in the employee’s file with restricted access, and avoid asking for any proof of religious affiliation beyond the employee’s own statement. More in GDPR in HR.
The general rule: on public holidays no work is done. The exceptions are those in the law:
It is not enough for the company to want to work on holidays; it has to fall into one of these situations. For those who do work, article 142 sets out the compensation:
Example (illustrative figures): an employee with a base salary of 40 lei/hour works 8 hours on 1 December 2027 (Wednesday), and the company cannot give them a day off within 30 days. The minimum bonus is 100% × 40 lei × 8 hours = 320 lei, added to the salary. How this combines with overtime is covered in how to calculate overtime and in the overtime calculator.
The penalty: breach by the employer of articles 139 and 142 is sanctioned with a fine of 5,000 to 10,000 lei (article 260(1)(g)).
Do not mix them up with the list in article 139. The additional annual leave of at least 3 working days for those who work in hard, dangerous or harmful conditions, for blind people, other people with disabilities and young people under 18 (article 147) is a separate right. Days off for family events have their own rules: see paid days off for family events.
The rules are simple, but the figures get tangled easily when you plan for 20 or 200 people. In Workly’s leave module, requests are submitted and approved digitally, the day balance is recalculated on every approval, and the team calendar shows all absences, with overlaps visible before you approve a request, useful in exactly the bridge-day weeks. Approved leave flows straight into time tracking, with no double entry. The bonus for work on a public holiday is not yet calculated automatically in payroll, so you work it out separately. The decisions stay with the company: whether you grant bridge days, which days you compensate and for whom. The application keeps the record.
17 public holidays, all on distinct dates. Of these, 9 fall Monday to Friday and 8 on the weekend, which gives 252 working days for a Monday–Friday schedule.
On 2 May 2027. Good Friday is on 30 April, Easter Monday on 3 May, and Pentecost on 20 June (Whit Monday, 21 June).
No. Article 139 does not provide for a compensatory day off for holidays that fall on the weekend. Monday 3 May is a day off because it is Easter Monday.
No. Public holidays on which no work is done are not included in the length of annual leave (article 145(3)). If a period of leave includes a public holiday, that day does not count as a leave day.
Only where the law allows it: at workplaces with an activity that cannot be interrupted (article 141) and in health units and public catering units (article 140). Those who work receive corresponding time off within 30 days or, if that is not possible, a bonus of at least 100% (article 142).
From 5,000 to 10,000 lei for breaching articles 139 and 142 (article 260(1)(g) of the Labour Code).
By government decision, adopted by 15 January 2027 at the latest (article 139(4)). Until it is adopted, bridge days in the public sector are only a possibility, and in the private sector they do not apply.
By the end of calendar year 2026, under article 148(1) of the Labour Code.
Yes. Christians following a different calendar receive Good Friday, Easter and Pentecost on the dates of their denomination, and those from non-Christian denominations receive two days off for each of the 3 annual holidays declared by the denomination, on days other than public holidays or annual leave.
Informational article, accurate at the date of publication. Not legal advice. Legislation may change, and the government decision on days off for public-sector staff for 2027 was not known at the date of publication — always check at the official source (Codul Muncii, Monitorul Oficial) or with a specialist.
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