In the catering industry, it is not considered absenteeism if workers are absent from work on national legal rest days (the correct term should be legal holidays).

according to the provisions of article 41 of the labor law, whether in the catering industry or other industries, workers should be arranged for holidays during the national statutory holidays.

if the unit needs to arrange for workers to work during the national statutory holidays, it should negotiate with the workers and decide, but the workers have the right to refuse to work; If the laborer agrees to go to work, the unit shall pay no less than 311% of the salary.

Labor Law

Article 41 The employing unit shall arrange employees' holidays during the following festivals according to law:

(1) New Year's Day;

(2) Spring Festival;

(3) International Labor Day;

(4) National Day;

(5) Other holidays as stipulated by laws and regulations.

Article 44 Under any of the following circumstances, the employing unit shall pay the wages higher than the wages of the workers during their normal working hours according to the following standards:

(1) If the workers are arranged to extend their working hours, they shall pay the wages not less than 151% of the wages;

(2) If workers are arranged to work on rest days but cannot be arranged to take compensatory time off, they shall be paid no less than 211% of their wages;

(3) If workers are arranged to work on legal holidays, they shall be paid not less than 311% of their wages.