Public Holidays In Argentina Puns

In England for example the fixed date bank holidays (Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year) get postponed: eg the Christmas and Boxing Day holidays last year were on 27th and 28th December.

In Czechia on the order hand I believe this isn’t the case, and this year 5 out of the 13 public holidays will fall on a weekend.

It’s a genuine issue for people with decreased mobility not to be able to use the handrail to hold on when using stairs in pubs, restaurants and shops. Even preschoolers struggle if they don’t have something to hold on to.

As a non-boring American, I sincerely wish the day after Halloween was a day off. As it is, we have to wait for it to fall on a Friday or a Saturday for us to enjoy Halloween to its full potential.

1. It would make the observant Catholics happy, as the day after is November 1st.

2. The rest of us could sleep it off!

What about in your country?

I started the contract the week before christmas, training finished on christmas eve, then shift started on Mon 27th, with the work week as Thurs-Mon, and contracted until Feb. Should I expect to get the day-in-lieu for working the public holidays? I got paid the time and a half, but temp agency says no day in lieu even though it was a day I would normally work?

I have recently moved to town and can’t seem to find an obvious answer anywhere about whether there are cheaper rates on public holidays or not. I’m trying to plan heading into Fan Expo in February and was wondering if we go on Monday on the public holiday will we still get weekend rates for parking? I’m from New Zealand and all parking, both public and private, offer weekend rates on public holidays but I don’t see anything saying that happens here. Parking in on the Saturday/Sunday could be as cheap as $5 but parking on a regular Monday would be $20-$30. So, does Vancouver offer weekend rates on public holidays or am I stuck paying full price?

I am an hourly worker and have been told different things about if today is public holiday rates or just normal Sunday rates and can't find anything clear online. Is today public holiday rates?

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I'm a kindergarten teacher at a public school. I've taught in 4 different states and this school is what I would consider Christmas crazy. The Christmas crafts are so intense they asked parent for donations, there's a field trip to a place to ride a Christmas train and meet Santa, and there is a breakfast with Santa.

My family celebrates Hanukkah, so for social studies I planned a holiday around the world unit and had a few very secular hanukkah activities. I got an e mail today asking me to tone down Hanukkah. The principal's exact words were maybe just pick one. I'm not one to complain or be offended, but 3 Hanukkah activities seems quite minimal in comparison to the Christmas festivities. I'm not quite sure how to respond. Any advice is appreciated.

Thanks!

Hi everyone! I have a small question regarding public holidays in Germany. I live in Bavaria but work remotely for a company in another federal state. This week, Bavaria has a public holiday on January 6 but my employer's state does not. There is no mention in my contract of anything regarding this (of course my contract also does not mention anything regarding remote work, just my address and the company address in the intro part)

My question is: normally, which public holidays are taken as base? I would love to have holidays at the same time as my SO but somehow I feel like the law might not be on my side on this :(

Sidenote: I am aware now that this was something that I should have thought before signing a contract, but the urgency of getting a job prevailed on that occasion and I did not ask all the questions I should have.

With Orthodox Christmas coming up, I wanted to ask you guys; What are the rules of public holidays in Ukraine?

Are shops closed? Reduced opening hours?

Any specific Do's or Don'ts a foreigner should know about?

Thanks

My fiancé and I are looking to do approx. 6 weeks in Argentina and Chile for our honeymoon, and would ideally like to start in Santiago and end in Buenos Aires (or vice-versa).

We're keen to camp the whole way to save money, but ideally want to have our own wheels. We're both not spring chickens anymore and after a decade of traveling in cramped and delayed overnight buses, the idea of doing that again is not ideal.

However, is this a pipe dream? Is it possible to rent a car and do these two countries and not have it be insanely expensive? Any insight or advice would be amazing.

In Colombia there are bus stop advertisements saying “no es chistoso” (“it’s not funny”) with a roulette wheel pointing to different bad things that can happen when you get too drunk - examples include losing your cell phone, calling your ex, racking up debt, etc. Have you seen anything similar in your country around this time?