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National holidays in the United States are 11 calendar dates designated by the U.S. federal government as official holidays. On these days non-essential national offices are closed although the employees receive pay.
In the United States, public holidays are set by federal, state, and local governments and are often observed by closing government offices or giving government employees paid time off. The federal government does not require any private business to close or offer paid time off, as is the case for most state local governments, so employers determine which holidays to observe.
Public holidays in Canada, known as statutory holidays, stat holidays, or simply stats, consist of a variety of cultural, nationalistic, and religious holidays that are legislated in Canada at the federal or provincial and territorial levels. While many of these holidays are honoured and acknowledged nationwide, provincial and territorial legislation varies in regard to which are officially recognized.
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Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil and Philippines. It is also observed in the Dutch town of Leiden and the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessings of the harvest and of the preceding year. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and around the same part of the year in other places. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated as a secular holiday as well.
This is a list of public holidays in Seychelles.
This is a list of holidays in Grenada.
(2016 dates)
In the United States there are a number of observed holidays where employees receive paid time off. The labor force in the United States comprises about 62% of the general population. In the United States, 97% of the private sector businesses determine what days this sector of the population gets paid time off, according to a study by the Society for Human Resource Management. The following holidays are observed by the majority of US businesses with paid time off: New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day after known as Black Friday, Christmas Eve and Christmas. There are also numerous holidays on the state and local level that are observed to varying degrees.
The following lists events that happened during 2021 in the Caribbean.
The following lists events that happened during 2021 in South America.
The following lists events that happened during 2022 in South America.
The following lists events that happened during 2022 in the Caribbean.
References
- ↑ "Saint Lucia Holidays 2017 - St. Lucia Public Holidays 2017 - Saint Lucia Holiday Calendar". JourneyMart.com. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ↑ "PUBLIC HOLIDAYS OF CARICOM" (PDF). Caribbean Community. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ "Independence Day in Saint Lucia in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ↑ "St. Lucia PM Disappointed by No Carnival This Year". CaribbeanNewsWeekly.com. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ↑ "Emancipation Day in Saint Lucia in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ↑ "Thanksgiving Day in Saint Lucia in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ↑ "National Day in Saint Lucia in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
