Rest days in November 2025
The Day of the Dead 2025 falls on Saturday and Sunday, which is an opportunity to go to the cemeteries to visit the graves of your loved ones, clean them and bring flowers or food to spend a few hours with your deceased. This Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity is recognized internationally, but both November 1 and 2 are not established as official days of rest.
The date that does establish the Federal Attorney for the Defense of Labor It is the third Monday of November in commemoration of November 20. This 2025, corresponds to Monday, November 17.
How much do they pay if I work on an official rest day?
The federal agency reminds that workers who must report to work on a regular basis will have the right to receive, regardless of the salary that corresponds to them for the mandatory rest, a double salary for the service provided, that is, the salary will be triple.
Furthermore, if a mandatory day of rest falls on a Sunday, the employer must cover the payment of the Sunday premium to the worker as indicated in article 71 of the Federal Labor Law.
That day is also marked as a day without classes on the calendar of the Ministry of Public Education (SEP) for basic education students.
And the students?
Friday, November 14, is marked on the SEP calendar as a grade recording day, so it is expected that students will not attend classes.
November 20 is marked with bold letters to mark the day of commemoration or reflection; In this case, at the beginning of the Mexican Revolutionwhen Francisco I. Madero took up arms to remove Porfirio Díaz.
From November 24 to 27, registration is done and the students’ grades are reported.
Lastly, the Friday, November 28 There are no classes for preschool, primary and secondary education students, due to the holding of the School Technical Council.
