In some other countries, it's similar—in those cases, Monday is observed as a holiday instead.
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•@1Chrischi1 Or the holiday is only a holiday if it falls on a Monday. Otherwise, the holiday is observed on the Monday following the actual date.
This way, people aren't tempted to take a long weekend. See May 1 in the UK
This way, people aren't tempted to take a long weekend. See May 1 in the UK
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@DEW_7240 Here in good old Germany, there are even flexible holidays for teachers and schools every year—I think there are 4 or 5 in North Rhine-Westphalia. Of course, they’re always scheduled to fall on the long weekends following Ascension Day, Corpus Christi, and Carnival.
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@Multibagger I know. Thanks to 25 days of vacation and my wife working shifts, starting this year I can also try to juggle my vacations, holidays, and long weekends in Baden-Württemberg.
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•@1Chrischi1 Yes, exactly. The practice of moving public holidays to the following Monday here in England has its origins in Ford's shift production system. To avoid having the assembly lines come to a standstill in the middle of the week, the holiday was moved to the following Monday.
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That's how they do it in Spain 🇪🇸, too.
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