It’s often recognized as International Worker’s Day, but I don’t know of many places where it’s a public holiday. Here in the US, Labor Day is celebrated on Sept. 1, explicitly to separate the labor movement from it’s radical origins
“Alright team, we need all hands on deck for Labor Day to accommodate all the extra shoppers who have off from their jobs. And remember, we’re all family here!”
Since I was wrong about actual days off, do you know if the majority of US laborers who are off on Labor day get holiday pay?
If it was in the doc you linked I didn’t see it.
Edit: I see it and can’t wrap my head around 80%+ of laborers getting holiday pay. Does this cover gig workers, waitstsff and other fully tipped positions, etc.?
May Day isn’t a global observance though. The first Monday of May is a hangover from religious observance; having spent a large part of my working life in retail environments bank holidays were always a bit of a mixed blessing - I feel like if it was May Day as a workers’ holiday then the workers should get a day off!
Hum… Isn’t tomorrow one of the 2 days that are internationally recognized as not a working day? (The other being Jan 1st)
It’s often recognized as International Worker’s Day, but I don’t know of many places where it’s a public holiday. Here in the US, Labor Day is celebrated on Sept. 1, explicitly to separate the labor movement from it’s radical origins
Being the US, the vast majority of laborers don’t get it off!
“Alright team, we need all hands on deck for Labor Day to accommodate all the extra shoppers who have off from their jobs. And remember, we’re all family here!”
Liar. > 75%
https://www.bls.gov/ebs/factsheets/pdf/labor-day-2018.pdf
Name checks out.
Liar. Pants on fire.
Since I was wrong about actual days off, do you know if the majority of US laborers who are off on Labor day get holiday pay?
If it was in the doc you linked I didn’t see it.
Edit: I see it and can’t wrap my head around 80%+ of laborers getting holiday pay. Does this cover gig workers, waitstsff and other fully tipped positions, etc.?
Most of my team in India is off tomorrow. It’s not nation-wide but many states have public holidays.
Most of Europe it is.
Not in the UK!
In the UK it’s “nearest Monday to 1 May”, following if 1 May was a Tuesday, on 1 May if that’s a Monday
And labelled “Early May Bank Holiday”
Also not in the US. We have Labor Day in September and most laborers don’t get it off.
Fat L for the Anglosphere
We always get the first Monday in May off in the UK. Four day weekend for me…
May Day isn’t a global observance though. The first Monday of May is a hangover from religious observance; having spent a large part of my working life in retail environments bank holidays were always a bit of a mixed blessing - I feel like if it was May Day as a workers’ holiday then the workers should get a day off!
Workers do get the day off in most of Western Europe.
I’m talking about the UK - retail workers don’t count when it comes to back holidays here, on the whole.
Of course there’s always people working on bank holidays here as well. They just get payed double and there’s a lot less of them needed.
It’s a public holiday in Australia, but on the 4th (we make sure it makes a long weekend).
Jan 1st is a workers day???
But yes tomorrow is labor day. A day of protests and riots by the workers for the workers!! SING LOUD AND PROUD THE INTERNATIONAL!
No, and I haven’t said that. Jan 1st celebrates peace.
Not in the US. I’ve never had May 1 off unless it was a weekend when I wasn’t having to work.
hyvää vappua!
Not in the Netherlands.