The Department of Labor and Research (DAO) informs that the King's Day celebration is officially on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
ORANJESTAD—King's Day, which is the day that celebrates the birthday of His Majesty King Willem-Alexander, is Sunday, 27 April 2025.
In the Netherlands, it was announced by a decree of the Royal Household that this year, because 'King's Day' is on a Sunday, the celebration will be held a day earlier.
For this reason, the government of Aruba decided to hold the official celebration of 'King's Day' with the Netherlands on Saturday, 26 April 2025. Saturday, 26 April 2025, is therefore considered this year's official holiday according to Art. 22 of the Labor Ordinance 2013.
DAO asks employers and workers to take good care of this, especially for the compensation for working on a holiday applicable to the different sectors.
| Compensation scheme for working on a public holiday Sector | ||||
| Sector Hotel, restaurant and casino | Continuous sector | Sector where shift work can be applied | All other sectors | |
| Regular opening hours | Max. 9 hrs per day | Max. 8 hrs per day | Max. 8 hrs per dayt | Max. 8 ora pa dia |
| Compensation for regular hours on public holidays | 200% | 200% | 200% (above 6 working holidays) | 250% |
| Overtime on holidays | 250% (after exceeding normal hours) 250% | 250% (after exceeding normal hours) 250% | 250% (5 holidays that must be off -days and after exceeding normal hours) | 250% |