Madagascar: Business Environment
Business Practices in Madagascar
Opening hours and bank holidays
- General Information
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- Opening Hours and Days
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The typical business hours in Madagascar are from 8:30am to 5pm. Monday to Friday, with a lunch break between noon and 1pm. Most offices work from 9am to noon on Saturdays.
Banks generally work from 8am to 4pm, Monday to Friday.
Public Holidays
| New Year's Day | Janurary 1st |
| Women's Day | March 8th |
| Commemoration of the Anti-Colonial Revolt of 1947 | March 29 |
| Easter Sunday-Easter Monday | April 21st-22nd |
| Labor Day | May 1st |
| Africa's Day Organization of African Unity (O.A.U.) |
May 25 |
| Ascension Day | May 30 |
| Whit Monday | 50 days after Easter |
| Id al Fitr | June 4 |
| Independence Day | June 26 |
| Id al Adha | August 11 |
| Ascension Day | August 15 |
| All Saint's Day | November 1st |
| Christmas Day | December 25 |
- Holiday Compensation
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The law does not provide for a compensation day in case a holiday falls on a non-working day.
If a person has to work during a holiday, he/she is generally entitled to 150% of the normal pay (140% in case of weekly day off).
Periods When Companies Usually Close
| Christmas/End of the year holidays | from December 25 to the beginning of January |
| Closure for Easter | end of March/Early April |
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