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In 2020, the early May bank holiday originally set for Monday 4 May was moved to Friday 8 May to commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day. [41] [42] In 2022, there was a special holiday on Friday 3 June to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The Spring Bank Holiday was moved to Thursday 2 June to create a four-day weekend. [43]
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 the Republic of 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 .
Bank holidays. 2024. New Year’s Day. Jan. 1. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Jan. 15. Presidents’ Day. Feb. 19. Memorial Day. May 27. Juneteenth National ...
Each year, the life and contributions of Martin Luther King Jr. are remembered and honored with a federal holiday, which falls on the third Monday of January. In 2024, MLK Day falls on Monday, Jan ...
Former President Barack Obama gave federal employees an extra day off but instead of Christmas Eve, December 26, 2014 was deemed a holiday. Former President George W. Bush also marked Dec. 24 as a ...
In addition to the federal public holidays, each state and federal territory has designated four to six state public holidays, bringing the total number of (federal and state) public holidays to 19 days in Labuan, Penang, Sabah and Sarawak and 18 days in the rest of the country. 8 11 19 Maldives: 22 22 Mali: 22 22 Malta
Christmas Eve is not a designated federal holiday. Still, U.S. presidents, including Joe Biden and Donald Trump, have used the holiday to grant a day off to the country's more than 2 million ...