An ultra-K judge suspended the decree that eliminated the holiday for government employees.

The National First Instance Labor Court No. 3 of the City of Buenos Aires decided this Wednesday to suspend, on a provisional basis, the effects of the Necessity and Urgency Decree (DNU) 430/2025 issued by President Javier Milei, which eliminated the privilege of the holiday on June 27 intended for national public administration employees.

The precautionary measure was issued by the ultra-Kirchnerist judge Moira Alicia Fullana following a petition filed by the State Workers Association (ATE), which requested judicial intervention to prevent the elimination of the day known as the "State Workers' Day."

The initial objective of the legal action was to obtain a declaration of unconstitutionality and inapplicability of Article 1 of DNU 430/2025, which annulled Article 2 of Law 26.876, a regulation that had established June 27 as a paid holiday for state personnel.

The decision

In her decision, the ultra-Kirchnerist judge Moira Fullana ordered:

Milei government's measure

Decree 430/2025, currently provisionally suspended by the courts, entailed a significant change in the regulations governing State Workers' Day in Argentina.

Until its issuance, the current legislation established that June 27 should be considered a "day of rest for national public administration employees, during which no work shall be performed, and it shall be assimilated to national holidays for all legal purposes."

With the new measure, the Milei government repealed Article 2 of that law, thus eliminating the non-working status of the date. Consequently, although State Workers' Day continues to exist as a commemorative date, it ceased to be a day off for state personnel.