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The Spring Bank Holiday was moved from 27 May to 4 June to create a four-day weekend. [39] Friday 29 April 2011 was a special bank holiday to celebrate the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. In 2012, there was a special holiday on Tuesday 5 June to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. Therefore, to create a four-day ...
[57] [177] Public holidays on weekends are not moved to other days, like in the UK, so the effective number is 11 for a 5-day workweek. 22 14 36 Sri Lanka: In practice, most of the religious and festival holidays are available with most jobs having 20 days paid leave and 20 public holidays.
2011 was the second warmest year on record for the UK, according to the Met Office. Only 2006, with an average temperature of 9.73C (49.5F), was warmer than 2011's average temperature of 9.62C (49.3F). [133]
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 .
Cramer, host of CNBC's Mad Money, thinks a few well-timed shares of companies make an excellent holiday Jim Cramer did, and he graced us all with a list of his favorite 2011 holiday stock picks.
In Australia and New Zealand, ANZAC Day is a public holiday on 25 April. In 2000 and 2011, this created a five-day weekend over Easter: in 2000, Easter Monday fell on 24 April, with the following Tuesday, 25 April, then being ANZAC Day; in 2011, ANZAC Day and Easter Monday coincided on Monday 25 April, which led to a substitute public holiday ...
Continuing in the tradition of FarmVille Holiday celebrations, tonight marks the launch of this year's Holiday Tree in the game. However, instead of simply being a collection event where you'll ...
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.