Is bizarre to me that Easter isn't a holiday in the US
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Replying to @gamblinglamb
Not a commonwealth country anymore (neither do ours...)
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Replying to @MeirDeutsch
Makes sense in terms of the separation of church/religion and state but seems odd to do xmas and not Easter
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Replying to @gamblinglamb @MeirDeutsch
Easter always falls on a Sunday, when government offices are already closed.
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Replying to @Grange95 @MeirDeutsch
Good Friday and Easter Monday are bank holidays here.
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Replying to @gamblinglamb @Grange95
The UK have a high paid holidays entitlement
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Replying to @MeirDeutsch @Grange95
We don't have any more national holidays than the US or Israel though as far as I know. All have around 8?
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Replying to @MeirDeutsch @gamblinglamb
That chart is a bit misleading. Several countries (including UK) don’t have paid holidays, like the US. Many employees in the US get paid time off, but it’s not mandated by the government (full time US workers typically get 10-20 days).https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/05/heres-how-many-paid-vacation-days-the-typical-american-worker-gets-.html …
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The concept of “paid holidays” is also tricky. In the US, salaried employees generally get paid the same during pay periods with a holiday. Some hourly workers are also given a day’s pay for holidays; depends on employer. Of course, government employees are paid for holidays.
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