tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16958083.post3203061265553318903..comments2023-10-16T19:20:24.549+08:00Comments on Out of my mind: Moveable holidaysBong C. Austerohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07798514780319855742noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16958083.post-89572017357640114832007-04-26T22:56:00.000+08:002007-04-26T22:56:00.000+08:00That's confusing indeed. Special, Legal and declar...That's confusing indeed. Special, Legal and declared and which is really which?<BR/><BR/>Why can't just make it as simple as we do in our Calendar. Every year, we have the same 9 days of Statutory Holidays and there is no confussion as to the paid holidays and to the non-paid. Some unionized labor may have some extra paid holidays other than the statutory, depending on the collective agreement.<BR/><BR/>And they are not moveable, but four of them are on the Mondays, either the first or second of the Month, to enable a long weekend.<BR/><BR/>Election is never a holiday and is always on a Monday and if Monday happens to be a Holiday, then Tuesday. The reason that if it is holiday, most voters would be out of town, or in cottages or fishing rather than vote.<BR/><BR/>But employers are required to give a 3 hours window, after the polls open and before closing time to all employees for suffecient time to cast the votes.<BR/><BR/>Remembrance Day, is one Holiday that the Veterans themselves, don't want to be a day off. They wants the Kids to be in School to Celebrate the Significance of the Day. And all they ask (the Veterans) is a moment of Silence in the llth hour of the llth day of the llth month...vichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02713410142846357673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16958083.post-46641396208598951572007-04-26T03:26:00.000+08:002007-04-26T03:26:00.000+08:00I have a better idea. Check it out in my blog.I have a better idea. Check it out in <A HREF="http://deuts.net/archives/2007/of-holidays-and-weekends/" REL="nofollow">my blog</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com