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Minor Diety
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I'm on my lunch, bored, and trying my hardest not to think about something, so I'm going to post here.

I was looking for a collegue for the date of our (UK) augst bank holiday, which by the way, falls on the 27th.

I wondered then, does the USA have bank holidays?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_Holiday wrote:
A Bank Holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom and also in the Republic of Ireland. Although there is no legal right to time off on these days, the majority of the population not employed in essential services (e.g. utilities, fire, ambulance, police, health-workers) receive them as holidays; those employed in essential services usually receive extra pay for working on these days. ...

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These are the holidays my company observes:

Monday, January 1
New Year's Day

Friday, April 6
Good Friday

Monday, May 28
Memorial Day

Wednesday, July 4
Independence Day

Monday, September 3
Labor Day

Thursday, November 22 - November 23
Thanksgiving Day

Tuesday, December 25
Christmas Day

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Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:57 am
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Satis wrote:
These are the holidays my company observes:


Wednesday, July 4
Independence Day

Thursday, November 22 - November 23
Thanksgiving Day


We should definetly steal these.

The ones we have are

England and Wales 2007
New Year's Day 1 Jan
Good Friday 6 Apr
Easter Monday 9 Apr
Early May Bank Holiday 7 May
Spring Bank Holiday 28 May
Summer Bank Holiday 27 Aug
Christmas Day 25 Dec
Boxing Day 26 Dec

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