Paul Dormer wrote:
> In article <fpcf9h$4ur$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, tmcd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Tim
> McDaniel) wrote:
>
>> Ha. I've never gotten most of them, as a programmer type. At my
>> current company, I get
>> - New Year's Day (January 1)
>> - Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
>> - Independence Day (July 4)
>> - Labor Day (first Monday in September)
>> - Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November)
>> but NOT Friday, so if I want that day off, I have to take a day
>> of vacation
>> - Christmas Day (December 25)
>>
>> That said: IBM gave off the Friday after Thanksgiving. Also, IBM and
>> my current company give four or so extra days as "floating holidays":
>> in practice, they act much like vacation days.
>
> Not Easter? That's usual in England. (Not sure about Scotland.)
>
> UK holidays, off the top of my head:
>
> New Year's Day
and 2nd Jan in Scotland
> Good Friday
> Easter Monday
technically in Scotland Good Friday is a Bank Holiday but Easter
Monday isn't (though it's a Public Holiday for many people).
> Mayday Bank holiday (first Monday in May)
> Late Spring Bank Holiday (last Monday in May - used to be Whit Monday)
Same in Scotland
> August Bank Holiday (last Monday in August - used to be the first
> Monday when I were a lad, and still is in Scotland, I believe.]
Yes, first Monday in August is our Late Summer bank holiday.
> Christmas Day
> Boxing Day (26th December)
Christmas Day didn't become a Bank or Public holiday in Scotland until
the 1960s - I remember my Dad having to go to work in the ****pyards on
Xmas day when I was little.
Boxing Day only became a Bank Holiday very recently.
There's a move afoot to make St Andrews Day (30th November) a
Bank/Public holiday in Scotland, but it's not officially one yet.
There's also various local Public Holidays - differs from town to town.
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Jette Goldie
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