Labour Day: What's open and what's closed in Italy on May 1st 2025

Labour Day: What's open and what's closed in Italy on May 1st 2025

As Italy prepares to celebrate Labour Day on Thursday, May 1st, how will transport services, shops, museums and restaurants around the country be affected by the public holiday?

Primo Maggio: Italy marks Labour Day with public holiday on 1 May

Workers' Day falls on a Thursday in 2025. Italy celebrates Labour Day - known as the Festa dei Lavoratori or Festa del Lavoro - with a national public holiday every year on 1 May. This year the Primo Maggio holiday falls on a Thursday - resulting in the closure of Italy's schools and public offices - with many Italians enjoying a "ponte" long weekend by taking Friday off work. The annual event, marked in more than 80 countries, is held in commem…

Check out the latest rules regarding the May 1, 2025 Labor Day holiday, including workers' rights and obligations and exceptions for certain types of work.

What does the official schedule of the Ministry of the Interior set for this date? Why is the Day of the Worker being commemorated and how is it paid on both dates?

After weeks of cross-checking, the national government finally confirmed the employment situation for next Friday, 2 May: no

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