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  "entity_type": "data_package",
  "dataset_id": "calcgrid-slovakia-public-holidays",
  "dataset_version": "sk-statutory-rest-days-2026.1",
  "jurisdiction": "SK (Slovakia 2026 national statutory rest-day calendar)",
  "year": 2026,
  "coverage": {
    "start": "2026-01-01",
    "end": "2026-12-31"
  },
  "weekend_days": [
    "Saturday",
    "Sunday"
  ],
  "scope": "Slovakia 2026 national statutory rest-day calendar",
  "holiday_policy": "Act_241_1993_sections_1_2_4b_2026",
  "substitute_day_policy": "No next-Monday substitution or employer day off is inferred",
  "limitation": "Pinned Slovakia 2026 statutory rest-day layer over an explicitly declared Monday-Friday planning baseline, not an individual roster. The holidays on May 8 and September 15 are not statutory rest days in 2026; September 1, October 28 and November 17 are state holidays without rest under section 2(3). Do not infer substitute Mondays, payroll premiums, leave rights, retail closures, shift, bank, school, employer or future-year schedules. Later legal changes require a new snapshot.",
  "events": [
    {
      "date": "2026-01-01",
      "name": "Deň vzniku Slovenskej republiky",
      "kind": "statutory_rest_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Act 241/1993 sections 1-2; MFA 2026 calendar",
      "statutory_rest_day": true,
      "temporary_2026_exception": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-01-06",
      "name": "Zjavenie Pána",
      "kind": "statutory_rest_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Act 241/1993 sections 1-2; MFA 2026 calendar",
      "statutory_rest_day": true,
      "temporary_2026_exception": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-03",
      "name": "Veľký piatok",
      "kind": "statutory_rest_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Act 241/1993 sections 1-2; MFA 2026 calendar",
      "statutory_rest_day": true,
      "temporary_2026_exception": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-06",
      "name": "Veľkonočný pondelok",
      "kind": "statutory_rest_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Act 241/1993 sections 1-2; MFA 2026 calendar",
      "statutory_rest_day": true,
      "temporary_2026_exception": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-01",
      "name": "Sviatok práce",
      "kind": "statutory_rest_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Act 241/1993 sections 1-2; MFA 2026 calendar",
      "statutory_rest_day": true,
      "temporary_2026_exception": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-08",
      "name": "Deň víťazstva nad fašizmom",
      "kind": "holiday_without_rest_2026",
      "legal_basis": "Act 241/1993 section 4b; temporary exception for 2026",
      "statutory_rest_day": false,
      "temporary_2026_exception": true
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-05",
      "name": "Sviatok svätého Cyrila a Metoda",
      "kind": "statutory_rest_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Act 241/1993 sections 1-2; MFA 2026 calendar",
      "statutory_rest_day": true,
      "temporary_2026_exception": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-29",
      "name": "Výročie Slovenského národného povstania",
      "kind": "statutory_rest_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Act 241/1993 sections 1-2; MFA 2026 calendar",
      "statutory_rest_day": true,
      "temporary_2026_exception": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-01",
      "name": "Deň Ústavy Slovenskej republiky",
      "kind": "state_holiday_without_rest",
      "legal_basis": "Act 241/1993 sections 1(d), 2(3)",
      "statutory_rest_day": false,
      "temporary_2026_exception": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-15",
      "name": "Sedembolestná Panna Mária",
      "kind": "holiday_without_rest_2026",
      "legal_basis": "Act 241/1993 section 4b; temporary exception for 2026",
      "statutory_rest_day": false,
      "temporary_2026_exception": true
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-28",
      "name": "Deň vzniku samostatného česko-slovenského štátu",
      "kind": "state_holiday_without_rest",
      "legal_basis": "Act 241/1993 sections 1(e), 2(3)",
      "statutory_rest_day": false,
      "temporary_2026_exception": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-01",
      "name": "Sviatok všetkých svätých",
      "kind": "statutory_rest_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Act 241/1993 sections 1-2; MFA 2026 calendar",
      "statutory_rest_day": true,
      "temporary_2026_exception": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-17",
      "name": "Deň boja za slobodu a demokraciu",
      "kind": "state_holiday_without_rest",
      "legal_basis": "Act 241/1993 sections 1(f), 2(3)",
      "statutory_rest_day": false,
      "temporary_2026_exception": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-24",
      "name": "Štedrý deň",
      "kind": "statutory_rest_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Act 241/1993 sections 1-2; MFA 2026 calendar",
      "statutory_rest_day": true,
      "temporary_2026_exception": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-25",
      "name": "Prvý sviatok vianočný",
      "kind": "statutory_rest_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Act 241/1993 sections 1-2; MFA 2026 calendar",
      "statutory_rest_day": true,
      "temporary_2026_exception": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-26",
      "name": "Druhý sviatok vianočný",
      "kind": "statutory_rest_holiday",
      "legal_basis": "Act 241/1993 sections 1-2; MFA 2026 calendar",
      "statutory_rest_day": true,
      "temporary_2026_exception": false
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "law-241",
      "name": "Slov-Lex Act 241/1993, consolidated effective 2025-11-01",
      "url": "https://static.slov-lex.sk/static/SK/ZZ/1993/241/20251101.html",
      "type": "official_legislation_html",
      "effective_from": "2025-11-01",
      "checked_on": "2026-09-29",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-29T07:49:29.051Z",
      "sha256": "be3fbebd14b56cea186469b48568f12a767e55c4b9b197770e19847f103db908",
      "scope": "Sections 1, 2(3), 4b distinguish named holidays from statutory rest; HTML is informative, not the legally binding PDF."
    },
    {
      "id": "government-list",
      "name": "Government Office of Slovakia holiday/rest-day list",
      "url": "https://www.vlada.gov.sk/slovensko/statne-sviatky/",
      "type": "government_official_schedule",
      "updated_on": "2026-01-12",
      "checked_on": "2026-09-29",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-29T07:49:29.915Z",
      "sha256": "003c2f981742fa4ec4d204889452b7f83bc2aa0ff1f9fb79137867069509c5c5",
      "scope": "State holidays, rest days and commemorative days remain separate classes."
    },
    {
      "id": "mfa-calendar",
      "name": "Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs national holiday calendar",
      "url": "https://www.mzv.sk/web/en/slovakia/public-holidays",
      "type": "government_official_annual_schedule",
      "checked_on": "2026-09-29",
      "retrieval": "browser_text_verified; direct_HTTP_403_has_no_source_content_hash",
      "scope": "Current 2026 eleven-date rest-day calendar, including Good Friday 3 April and Easter Monday 6 April."
    },
    {
      "id": "labour-inspectorate",
      "name": "National Labour Inspectorate: 8 May and 15 September 2026",
      "url": "https://www.ip.gov.sk/aktuality/sviatky-8-maj-15-september-2026-z-pohladu-pracovneho-prava.html",
      "type": "labour_inspectorate_explanation",
      "checked_on": "2026-09-29",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-29T07:49:35.752Z",
      "sha256": "cb36417f567a1bf7ab764229c479e9828de256fd93601a166145f78a00fcdb84",
      "scope": "Both named holidays are working days in 2026. Payroll and leave rights are not calculated by this data package."
    },
    {
      "id": "ministry-guidance",
      "name": "MPSVR guidance on 8 May and 15 September 2026",
      "url": "https://www.employment.gov.sk/files/system/menu/sk-lave-menu-subpage/usmernenie-sviatky.pdf",
      "type": "labour_ministry_guidance_pdf",
      "checked_on": "2026-09-29",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-29T07:49:34.860Z",
      "sha256": "6f0eece9d97dfac3d56907133051458ac1a2a9fcf5b3399fb41b81ef982c0fda",
      "scope": "2026 temporary statutory-rest exception; does not remove all other legal meanings of a holiday."
    }
  ],
  "statutory_rest_holiday_count": 11,
  "named_holidays_without_rest_count": 5,
  "payroll_scope": "not_computed",
  "evidence_checked_on": "2026-09-29"
}