The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population of Turkmenistan has officially approved the production calendar for 2026. This was reported by the country’s IIC.
The document defines working days, weekends and holidays, as well as working hours that will be used in calculating salaries, vacations and planning the activities of enterprises.
Next year, the workweek will be regulated according to three schemes:
• Five-day week – 40 hours;
• Six-day week, 7 hours a day – 40 hours;
• Six-day week, 6 hours a day – 36 hours.
The average monthly working hours will be 166.9 hours for a 40-hour week and 150.5 hours for a 36-hour week.
Non-working holidays in 2026 will be:
• January 1 – New Year
• March 8 – International Women’s Day
• March 20 – Oraza Bayramy
• March 21-22 – National Spring Holiday (Nowruz)
• May 18 – Constitution and National Flag Day
• May 27-29 – Eid al-Adha (Gurban bayramy)
• September 27 – Independence Day
• October 6 – Remembrance Day
• December 12 – International Neutrality Day
Particular attention is paid to reducing the working day: the day before the holiday is shortened by 1 hour, including night shifts, with the exception of continuous production, where work is equivalent to the normal daytime regime.
