Richfilth: In 2011 a certain element of society wanted the 6th of January returned as a national holiday; another religious festival in the already bloated calender, making 11 public holidays in all. As a compromise, the "day in lieu" system was cancelled, meaning a holiday is not carried over to the next working day if it falls on a Saturday or Sunday. In effect, this means we'll only have 9 holidays in 2012 instead of the 10 we had in 2010.
That was a masterstroke by the Government when it came to cutting down the amount of holidays while silencing the usual lunatics. Completely idiotic, senseless holiday, though. I'd rather have a day off later in the year!
It's going to be very interesting this year - the 1st of May is on Tuesday, the 3rd of May is on Thursday. Who isn't going to take 3 days off work in exchange for 9 days holiday here?
okayokok: Shops and other businesses will all be open in principle on Monday?
Business as normal. Everything will close down on the 6th instead, because it really makes sense for people to overcrowd trains/roads on New Year's Day while still drunk, just for going off on holiday on the 6th instead.
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