http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/11/britain-finds-way-to-give-you-holiday.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:42:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/11/britain-finds-way-to-give-you-holiday.html/comment-page-1#comment-1249 Joy Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:46:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2007/11/britain-finds-a-way-to-give-you-a-holiday.html#comment-1249 The US Federal government currently has a similar policy, where you can work 'religious comp time' and bank it toward taking time off for observances that aren't already granted as Federal Holidays. In theory, a person of any religious persuasion can use this system; in practice though, if you aren't Christian or Jewish it tends to get a little tricky. Like the UK policy, you are not supposed to be required to prove anything about your beliefs, but when I applied to take the Equinox & Solstice holidays off, I did run into some flack, from a boss that was admittedly unpleasant in general. It isn't a policy that is widely known - I only became aware of it when I was working as a timekeeper and had to learn all the different types of leave. The US Federal government currently has a similar policy, where you can work ‘religious comp time’ and bank it toward taking time off for observances that aren’t already granted as Federal Holidays. In theory, a person of any religious persuasion can use this system; in practice though, if you aren’t Christian or Jewish it tends to get a little tricky. Like the UK policy, you are not supposed to be required to prove anything about your beliefs, but when I applied to take the Equinox & Solstice holidays off, I did run into some flack, from a boss that was admittedly unpleasant in general. It isn’t a policy that is widely known – I only became aware of it when I was working as a timekeeper and had to learn all the different types of leave.

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