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The Holidays with Pay Act 1938 (1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 70) was legislation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provided for paid holidays for working class employees, [1] and was the result of a twenty-year campaign. [2] The Act was repealed by the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004. [a] [3]
The Bank Holidays Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 17) established public holidays (known as bank holidays) in addition to those customarily recognised in the United Kingdom.. The Act designated four bank holidays in England, Wales and Ireland (Easter Monday; Whit Monday; First Monday in August; 26 December if a weekday) and five in Scotland (New Year's Day, or the next day if a Sunday; Good Friday ...
The term "public holidays" can refer exclusively to common law holidays. [1] There is no automatic right to paid time off on these days, or any right to a holiday at all, [2] but banks close and the majority of the working population is granted time off work or extra pay for working on these days, depending on their contracts. [3]
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5 News at 5, [1] also known as Channel 5 News, is the flagship news programme of British broadcaster Channel 5. It is produced by ITN from its main newsroom on London's Gray's Inn Road , and has been broadcast since Channel 5's launch in March 1997.
Ohio's sales tax holiday begins at midnight July 30 and runs through 11:59 p.m. Aug. 8. For the first time, restaurants are included.