0 a day when almost everyone in a particular country does not have to go to work or school: --
1 an official holiday when banks, schools, and many businesses are closed for the day: --
Some territories will issue special commemorative stamps and many will have a public holiday.
It would be much better if we designated it a public holiday and gave people a statutory right not to work.
I want to deal with the public holiday point.
Would it not become a general public holiday?
There may then be a weekend or a public holiday.
In addition to paid annual holidays, there are about six days of paid public holiday for all workers.
I have no plans to review police overtime pay as police regulations already provide for public holiday working.
A student nurse who works on a public holiday is entitled to another day off in lieu.
