Eid Mubārak
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A loss of less than 2% of the working-days.. I would be surprised if that had actual consequences. An unusually big flu epidemic would kill more days. Looking at a nice table of average working hours per week by country actually gives me the impression that working less is good for the economy, strange as it may sound.
harold aptroot wrote:
A loss of less than 2% of the working-days.. I would be surprised if that had actual consequences.
I don't know where you live but where I live adding an official holiday costs real measurable money because the government workers get it off. Far as I can recall the last two proposed holidays where I live were refused specifically because of that.
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harold aptroot wrote:
A loss of less than 2% of the working-days.. I would be surprised if that had actual consequences.
I don't know where you live but where I live adding an official holiday costs real measurable money because the government workers get it off. Far as I can recall the last two proposed holidays where I live were refused specifically because of that.
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In the US they are.
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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einsteinahmed zahmed wrote:
In the US they are.
As a group employers are NOT required to close on any holiday nor at any time excluding something like an emergency. And even for the latter I believe some employers are exempt. And as far as I can tell banks, if that is what you are referring to, are not required to close either. They probably do so by convention and for business reasons.
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No, I am an Atheist who is fed up having to Kow Tow to the requirements of people who do not share my world view. A prejudiced pig is someone who expects me to take time off because of some religious observance that they have been brainwashed and abused as a child into believing, regardless of the sensibilities of others.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
No, I am an Atheist who is fed up having to Kow Tow to the requirements of people who do not share my world view.
I live in the US and of the normal holidays only one is considered religious and far as I can tell only by those that want to consider it religious. And if you are a developer I am sure that your employer would be more than happy to accomodate your need to protest a religious holiday by allowing you to work - gratis. That would meet your need for protest as well as meet the needs of the rest of the employees who like to be able to spend time with other people who have many different employers yet who all normally allow for the same days off as well.
Dalek Dave wrote:
regardless of the sensibilities of others.
A sensible employer would, of course, not allow employees any time off at all. Especially since almost universally they ignore any real data about productivity there is certainly no incentive for them to pay attention to the data associated with time off. So they are left to do nothing but adhere to convention, their own subjective view and perhaps even some conscious thought about remaining competitive with others who do allow time off.
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Being Gay or, as you so finely put it, a Nigger, is a genetic condition, of which you have no control. Religion is a choice, you are not born into any religion, you are abused and conditioned by parents and associated wizards into believing that crap. Just because you were born in Ireland, doesn't make you a Catholic, being born in Israel doesn't make you a Jew and being born in Pakistan doesn't make you a Muslim.
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Dalek Dave wrote:
Religion is a choice, you are not born into any religion, you are abused and conditioned by parents and associated wizards into believing that crap.
As well as using a toilet, washing ones hands and not beating up those that annoy us. But I am rather fond of practicing that myself as well as appreciating when others do it.
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ahmed zahmed wrote:
In the US they are.
As a group employers are NOT required to close on any holiday nor at any time excluding something like an emergency. And even for the latter I believe some employers are exempt. And as far as I can tell banks, if that is what you are referring to, are not required to close either. They probably do so by convention and for business reasons.
Hmm, yeah, I think you're right.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein -
Dalek Dave wrote:
No, I am an Atheist who is fed up having to Kow Tow to the requirements of people who do not share my world view.
I live in the US and of the normal holidays only one is considered religious and far as I can tell only by those that want to consider it religious. And if you are a developer I am sure that your employer would be more than happy to accomodate your need to protest a religious holiday by allowing you to work - gratis. That would meet your need for protest as well as meet the needs of the rest of the employees who like to be able to spend time with other people who have many different employers yet who all normally allow for the same days off as well.
Dalek Dave wrote:
regardless of the sensibilities of others.
A sensible employer would, of course, not allow employees any time off at all. Especially since almost universally they ignore any real data about productivity there is certainly no incentive for them to pay attention to the data associated with time off. So they are left to do nothing but adhere to convention, their own subjective view and perhaps even some conscious thought about remaining competitive with others who do allow time off.
jschell wrote:
I live in the US and of the normal holidays only one is considered religious and far as I can tell only by those that want to consider it religious.
Here in the UK a majority of our public holidays are associated with Christian festival days. Christmas and Boxing Day, and Good Friday and Easter Monday, exist to pad out those festival days into meaningful length holidays. And Whitsun (or, actually, the Monday after it) is also a public holiday.
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Since when do government workers generate money when they're working? :) Anyway, jokes aside.. how long were those proposed holidays?
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harold aptroot wrote:
how long were those proposed holidays?
Both proposals were based on adding a new holiday to the existing list of holidays.