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"London-based entrepreneur Afsaneh Parvizi-Wayne plans to work on Good Friday
next year — so she can take a day off to enjoy Persian New Year in March
instead, a holiday that is more significant to her and her family.
Parvizi-Wayne, the founder of organic period product startup Freda, allows her
entire team to swap national public holidays (called bank holidays in the UK)
for an alternate day off of their choosing. Her assistant, Bea, from Brazil,
likes to celebrate her name day, a common custom in countries across Europe and
Latin America, so she’ll be working this August 29, even though it’s a summer
bank holiday.
Recognizing the need to extend their diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI)
policies to all facets of the workplace, more companies in the UK that provide
employees with public holidays off are now giving people the chance to take
them at a time when it means more to them, rather than sticking to the
government-prescribed calendar.
In the UK, there are usually eight public holiday days a year. Four of them —
Good Friday, Easter Monday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day — link back to
observing yearly milestones in the Christian calendar. Designating January 1 as
New Year’s Day is largely a Western construct. The holiday is celebrated at
different times across cultures."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
