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    Thanks to this: 31.10.[^] We get to have a three day weekend. I just wanted to express my happiness. Even though I enjoy my job, a little time off is also appreciated. Also Halloween is a free day! :) I was also wondering, what holidays do you have in other countries, that excuse you from work without using any leave? :)

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      Thanks to this: 31.10.[^] We get to have a three day weekend. I just wanted to express my happiness. Even though I enjoy my job, a little time off is also appreciated. Also Halloween is a free day! :) I was also wondering, what holidays do you have in other countries, that excuse you from work without using any leave? :)

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      Well Austria would be the place to be as Employees in Austria have a total of 38 holidays :rolleyes:

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        Thanks to this: 31.10.[^] We get to have a three day weekend. I just wanted to express my happiness. Even though I enjoy my job, a little time off is also appreciated. Also Halloween is a free day! :) I was also wondering, what holidays do you have in other countries, that excuse you from work without using any leave? :)

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        England: New Year's Day (or the first Monday afterwards if it is a weekend) Good Friday Easter Monday First Monday in May Last Monday in May Last Monday in August Christmas Day Boxing Day (if either of these last two is on a Saturday or Sunday then they day off gets moved to the Monday or / and Tuesday. Most companies give you these off, although I don't believe they have to, and I have worked somewhere that for Easter you could have either Friday and Monday or Monday and Tuesday off. I think the Scots get an extra day off at New Year because they are all too hungover to go back to work after just the one day off.

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          Thanks to this: 31.10.[^] We get to have a three day weekend. I just wanted to express my happiness. Even though I enjoy my job, a little time off is also appreciated. Also Halloween is a free day! :) I was also wondering, what holidays do you have in other countries, that excuse you from work without using any leave? :)

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          RUs123 wrote:

          what holidays do you have in other countries, that excuse you from work without using any leave?

          Every next day after pay day.

          "Coming soon"

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            Well Austria would be the place to be as Employees in Austria have a total of 38 holidays :rolleyes:

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            It would be better if you had only 38 working days per year ;)

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              England: New Year's Day (or the first Monday afterwards if it is a weekend) Good Friday Easter Monday First Monday in May Last Monday in May Last Monday in August Christmas Day Boxing Day (if either of these last two is on a Saturday or Sunday then they day off gets moved to the Monday or / and Tuesday. Most companies give you these off, although I don't believe they have to, and I have worked somewhere that for Easter you could have either Friday and Monday or Monday and Tuesday off. I think the Scots get an extra day off at New Year because they are all too hungover to go back to work after just the one day off.

              Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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              We also used to have two days off for New Years, just last year the government decided to fix that and only give us one day off. It is interesting to see the names of holidays in another language - as in for Good Friday we have Veliki Petek which basically means The Grand Friday(as all the others from Thursday to Monday). And the Monday is also off, however Good Friday isn't.

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                RUs123 wrote:

                what holidays do you have in other countries, that excuse you from work without using any leave?

                Every next day after pay day.

                "Coming soon"

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                :laugh: :thumbsup:

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                  Well Austria would be the place to be as Employees in Austria have a total of 38 holidays :rolleyes:

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                  Not too far from me, so maybe one day :laugh:

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                    We also used to have two days off for New Years, just last year the government decided to fix that and only give us one day off. It is interesting to see the names of holidays in another language - as in for Good Friday we have Veliki Petek which basically means The Grand Friday(as all the others from Thursday to Monday). And the Monday is also off, however Good Friday isn't.

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                    The names for those I didn't give them to are Early May Bank Holiday (often called May Day), Spring Bank Holiday, and August Bank Holiday. Most of them are Bank Holidays, Good Friday and Christmas Day are not, as they were never included in the act of law as they were already celebrated as holidays.

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                      The names for those I didn't give them to are Early May Bank Holiday (often called May Day), Spring Bank Holiday, and August Bank Holiday. Most of them are Bank Holidays, Good Friday and Christmas Day are not, as they were never included in the act of law as they were already celebrated as holidays.

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                      Interesting, thanks for the information :)

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                        Thanks to this: 31.10.[^] We get to have a three day weekend. I just wanted to express my happiness. Even though I enjoy my job, a little time off is also appreciated. Also Halloween is a free day! :) I was also wondering, what holidays do you have in other countries, that excuse you from work without using any leave? :)

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                        In Italy we have: January, 1 - New year's day January, 6 - Epiphany April, 25 - Liberation from Fascism May, 1 - worker's celebration June, 2 - Republic celebration August, 15 - Ferie augustee, a really ancient tradition recently stole by the Church as Assumption of the Virgin Mary (actually introduced in the late 1960's) November, 1 - Celebration of the dead December, 8 - Immaculate Conception December, 25 - of course December, 26 - st Stephen

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                          Thanks to this: 31.10.[^] We get to have a three day weekend. I just wanted to express my happiness. Even though I enjoy my job, a little time off is also appreciated. Also Halloween is a free day! :) I was also wondering, what holidays do you have in other countries, that excuse you from work without using any leave? :)

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                          Québec: Jan 1st: New year. Good friday (xor the next Easter Monday) May 18: Patriot day (or Victoria day depending on your political allegiance) June 24: Fête nationale du Québec. July 1st: Canada Day (Also known as Moving Day[^]) Sept 7: Fête du travail October 12: Thanksgiving. December 25: Christmas.

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                            England: New Year's Day (or the first Monday afterwards if it is a weekend) Good Friday Easter Monday First Monday in May Last Monday in May Last Monday in August Christmas Day Boxing Day (if either of these last two is on a Saturday or Sunday then they day off gets moved to the Monday or / and Tuesday. Most companies give you these off, although I don't believe they have to, and I have worked somewhere that for Easter you could have either Friday and Monday or Monday and Tuesday off. I think the Scots get an extra day off at New Year because they are all too hungover to go back to work after just the one day off.

                            Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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                            chriselst wrote:

                            Most companies give you these off, although I don't believe they have to

                            They are public holidays so they have to give you the time or something in lieu, extra pay or other day off. Years ago, before New Year's Day was a public holiday it was interesting to see how many people made it to work.

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                              chriselst wrote:

                              Most companies give you these off, although I don't believe they have to

                              They are public holidays so they have to give you the time or something in lieu, extra pay or other day off. Years ago, before New Year's Day was a public holiday it was interesting to see how many people made it to work.

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                              Richard MacCutchan wrote:

                              They are public holidays so they have to give you the time or something in lieu, extra pay or other day off.

                              That's not true.

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                                In Italy we have: January, 1 - New year's day January, 6 - Epiphany April, 25 - Liberation from Fascism May, 1 - worker's celebration June, 2 - Republic celebration August, 15 - Ferie augustee, a really ancient tradition recently stole by the Church as Assumption of the Virgin Mary (actually introduced in the late 1960's) November, 1 - Celebration of the dead December, 8 - Immaculate Conception December, 25 - of course December, 26 - st Stephen

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                                Yeah we also have 1. of May, reduced from 1. and 2. as well as New Year X|

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                                  Richard MacCutchan wrote:

                                  They are public holidays so they have to give you the time or something in lieu, extra pay or other day off.

                                  That's not true.

                                  Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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                                  I have never had to work a public holiday without being paid overtime or given time off. And I have worked on Christmas Day, over the Easter weekend a few times; maybe I was just lucky.

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                                    I have never had to work a public holiday without being paid overtime or given time off. And I have worked on Christmas Day, over the Easter weekend a few times; maybe I was just lucky.

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                                    There's no statutory right to time off (or pay) relating to those days, although there is a statutory minimum amount of holiday that has to be given which those days can count towards. If that makes sense.

                                    Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

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                                      Thanks to this: 31.10.[^] We get to have a three day weekend. I just wanted to express my happiness. Even though I enjoy my job, a little time off is also appreciated. Also Halloween is a free day! :) I was also wondering, what holidays do you have in other countries, that excuse you from work without using any leave? :)

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                                      I generally have three-day Monday mornings. Feels like it, anyway.

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                                        Thanks to this: 31.10.[^] We get to have a three day weekend. I just wanted to express my happiness. Even though I enjoy my job, a little time off is also appreciated. Also Halloween is a free day! :) I was also wondering, what holidays do you have in other countries, that excuse you from work without using any leave? :)

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                                          Thanks to this: 31.10.[^] We get to have a three day weekend. I just wanted to express my happiness. Even though I enjoy my job, a little time off is also appreciated. Also Halloween is a free day! :) I was also wondering, what holidays do you have in other countries, that excuse you from work without using any leave? :)

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                                          For me every week have a 3 day weekend ;P

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