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Employee Appreciation Day is an event, observed on the first Friday in March, meant for employers to give thanks or recognition to their employees.It was created by Dr. Bob Nelson who was a founding member of Recognition Professionals International in 1995, [1] [2] initially to celebrate the publication of his book 1,001 Ways to Reward Employees and to remind employers to thank their employees ...
Countries value employee recognition to have importance in the organization, but how important it is will differ in the area. A survey in the Public Sector [14] identified employee recognition in Canada values the ideal of having greater importance than in the United States. Statistics shown that 87% of Canadians believe that it is important ...
Four years later, in 1962, Illinois Governor Otto Kerner backed Haroski's registration and officially proclaimed the day. [3] [non-primary source needed] Hallmark Cards did not offer a Boss' Day card for sale until 1979. [4] [non-primary source needed] It increased the size of its National Boss' Day line by 28 percent in 2007. [5]
In 1962, the word "physically" was removed to acknowledge the employment needs and contributions of individuals with all types of disabilities. [3] Congress later expanded the first week of October to the entire month of October and changed the name to National Disability Employment Awareness Month in 1988.
These observances differ from federal holidays in that federal employees only receive a day free from work on holidays, not observances. Federal observances that are designated by Congress appear in Title 36 of the United States Code (36 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.). Below is a list of all observances so designated.
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Wages adjusted for inflation in the US from 1964 to 2004 Unemployment compared to wages. Wage data (e.g. median wages) for different occupations in the US can be found from the US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, [5] broken down into subgroups (e.g. marketing managers, financial managers, etc.) [6] by state, [7] metropolitan areas, [8] and gender.
October 15: White Cane Safety Day; October 24: United Nations Day; November 9: World Freedom Day; November 11: Veterans Day [17] November 15: National Philanthropy Day [18] [19] November 15: America Recycles Day; 4th Thursday in November: Thanksgiving Day [20] Friday after Thanksgiving: Native American Heritage Day [21] December 1: World AIDS Day