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
> Good Friday
> Easter Monday
> Mayday Bank holiday (first Monday in May)
> Late Spring Bank Holiday (last Monday in May - used to be Whit Monday)
> 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.
> Christmas Day
> Boxing Day (26th December)
"What are public holidays?
Generally, public holidays include bank holidays, holidays by Royal
Proclamation and 'common law holidays'. Banks are not allowed to
operate on bank holidays. When public holidays in the Christmas and
New Year period fall on Saturdays and Sundays, alternative week days
are declared public holidays.
What are 'bank' holidays?
British bank holidays are Public Holidays and have been recognized
since 1871. The name Bank Holiday comes from the time when banks were
shut and so no trading could take place.
The 1871 Act designated four holidays in England, Wales and Ireland
(then wholly part of the UK), and five in Scotland. (For an historical
look at Bank Holidays, please visit our Project Britain Blog.)
There are currently 8 permanent bank and public holidays in England,
Wales and Scotland and 10 in Northern Ireland. These include Christmas
Day and Good Friday, which in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are
common law' holidays (they are not specified by law as bank holidays
but have become customary holidays because of common observance)."
--
Jette Goldie
jette@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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