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Inflationary holidaysPosted by Joel Martinsen on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 3:12 PM
The State Council has released a schedule of public holidays for 2010. Today's Sanxia Metropolis Daily announced the news in its top headline: Seven holidays next year for a total of 29 days off. The schedule: 1. New Year: January 1-3; 3 days; Add these up, and it really looks like there are 29 days off in 2010. However, many of these holidays were assembled by borrowing from the surrounding weekends. February 20 and 21, June 12 and 13, September 19, 25, and 26, and October 9, all Saturdays and Sundays, will be ordinary working days under the schedule. That makes for a net total of 21 vacation days. But New Year, the Spring Festival, Qingming, Labor Day, and National Day all include weekends of their own, leaving just 11 extra days off in addition to normal Saturdays and Sundays. Links and Sources
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Comments on Inflationary holidays
Same as ever.
What kind of crap journalism is that? It was eleven last year, and will be eleven next year as well. Like Liuzhuo says, same as ever.
The kicker is that next year two holidays fall on Wednesday. Those three-day weekends that were supposed to come with the increased number of holidays celebrated? In 2010, they'll be happening during the week!
The Dragon Boat Festival is on a Wednesday (Jun 16), so the schedule calls for working the previous weekend and then taking Mon-Tue-Wed off. Then the Mid-Autumn/Moon Festival is on a Wednesday (Sep 22), so the schedule calls for working the previous Sun and following Sat to take off Wed-Thu-Fri. Note that this means 3 days off, then work one day, then another day off, then work 5 days. It's central-planning insanity! Who hired these people?!
Having to work weekends to make up for holidays is so bizarre. In other countries I have lived in if a holiday falls on the weekend you get the day off on the Monday instead. Does anyone know of any other country that makes people work weekends for holidays?