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!
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.