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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 ]
The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal and India have the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week.
A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, and a colloquial term for a public holiday in Ireland.In the United Kingdom, the term refers to all public holidays, be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation, or held by convention under common law.
Here are the dates of 2025 federal holidays, according to the Office of Personnel Management: Wednesday, Jan. 1: New Year’s Day Monday, Jan. 20: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Public holidays for the institutions of the European Union in 2025 Date Day 1 January 2025: New Year's Day: 2 January 2025: Day following New Year's Day 17 April 2025 (Thursday before Easter) Maundy Thursday: 18 April 2025 (Friday before Easter) Good Friday: 21 April 2025 (Monday after Easter) Easter Monday: 1 May 2025: Labour Day: 9 May 2025 ...
Below is the schedule for 2025 stock market holidays when the NYSE, Nasdaq and bond markets are closed: Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 — New Year’s Day Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 — Martin Luther King Jr ...
10 January – Ten Reform UK councillors in Derbyshire resign from the party in protest at Nigel Farage's leadership, claiming the Reform is being run in an "increasingly autocratic manner" and "has lost its sense of direction" since Farage took over as leader. In response, Farage says the members were put forward by a "rogue branch" of the ...
A public inquiry begins into the 1998 Omagh bombing. [17] BBC News reports that planned changes at BT's Belfast headquarters could mean the loss of 90 jobs. [18] 29 January – The High Court clears retailer Lidl to open its first in store pub, to be situated in Dundonald, County Down, after rejecting a legal challenge to the plans from another ...