How long is Christmas holiday? (the No. of days you do not work), how long is Independence Day holiday?

Question

Do people go to work on V day? Easter?Halloween?

Answer 1

I just retired from a hospital (age 65) and we only got one day (an 8 hour shift) off of work per holiday that was paid by the hospital. I worked in the medical records department and every job in the hospital must be covered, on holidays and week-ends by enough people so as to insure good service... So we have a schedule each year with people put in on week-ends and holidays... for instance I would work christmas but I would have a different 8 hour shift off on a different day. We could trade or scheduled holiday shift with other employees if they could cover the job with enough skill so that nobody is in danger from the switch. There are only 7 days that are recognized by a hospital as a holiday. We are allowed from 2 to 4 weeks vacation depending on how many years you have worked for the hospital. You could accumulate vacation days and take days off or take cash for any days over 100 that you want to give up. Sick days can accumulate also. Same thing they can be traded in for cash also. Independance day = July 4th every year is only the one 8 hour shift paid for by the hospital. If you are chosen to work you on July 4th, you can trade with somebody who is willing to work your shift or you can work it. :) by working a 'holiday' shift you get paid time and 1/2. this means if I work for $16.00 per hour on regular work week scheduled days and then I work Independance day I would get paid $16.00 + $8.00 or $24.00 per hour. Banks give their employees the most holidays. They are not required to care for the well being of people so they can all go home. People can deposit or withdraw cash with the Automated Teller machines. Most grocery stores stay open every holiday during the day. On Christmas eve or New Years eve Grocerys and department stores can determine if they want to stay open or not at night. Each company has a work policy on those evenings. Since I was working in the hospital, I would have Christmas off most years since we took turns covering the department.. now if i wanted to have more days off with christmas.. I would have to use some of my vacation days.. If you were lucky you would have christmas fall on friday or monday and then you would have Christmas and the weekend days off making three days to celebrate.. same with all the other holidays. Since I was older and my children are adults, I would trade the christmas morning shift with somebody who had small children they wanted to be home with on christmas morning when the children would opening their presents. The ability to trade dutys amongst the workers made having to work on holidays not too unpleasant.. plus the time and a half pay was always good! You can celebrate as long as you want to if you do it on your own time. I cook special food for the 12 days of Christmas. Thanksgiving is usually a two dinner event with dinners with your parents and dinners with your spouses parents, so the children can have a big dinner with the grandparents and each family. Since our work days are basically 8 hours long you can do something special in the evenings. Halloween does not earn the time and a half wage, and neither does Easter. Halloween is just a regular day for work.. Easter always falls on a sunday and if you are scheduled to work that weekend you don't get paid time and a half.. just regular time. If you need more information please email me or maybe somebody else will answer more about this. Keep the Faith..!!

Answer 2

Depending on the workplace you either get the day off for Christmas (if you wish, some people do work on this day...i.e., those not Christian and not working for Christians) and sometimes a 1/2 day off for Christmas Eve. Indpendence day is one day...July 4th. Easter is a Sunday, so not as many people work normally, but shops, restaraunts, etc. are open. Halloween in not a work holiday, neither is Valentines Day. There are 6 'major' holidays - New Years Day, Memorial Day (last Monday in May), July 4th (Independence day), Labor Day (first Monday in Sept), Thanksgiving Day (3rd Thurs. in November) and Christmas Day. There are a few more governmental holidays but Christmas Day is the one day just about everything is closed and people have the day off...except, of course for emergency personnell.

Answer 3

At my place of employment, I am allowed 1 day off for Christmas and Independence Day. I work on Valentine's Day, Easter, and Halloween.

Answer 4

I celebrate every chance I get. How would I stand up for something I do not believe in? I do not believe that the hypothetical God, that you are imagining, is actually real. I do not hate religions people who believe in the reality of hypothetical deities nor have any negative feelings about celebrating when they celebrate, but for my own reasons. By the way, all of those holidays you mention were already some form of holiday before Christianity. Christmas was some kind of winter solstice holiday (the birth of the new year). Easter was a celebration of (and is still named after ) the goddess Ēostre of Anglo-Saxon paganism. Etc. Christians also celebrate other people's holidays, with just a veneer of their own religious beliefs painted over them. -- Regards, John Popelish