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nobbyken
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Location: Yongin ^^
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 Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:25 pm Post subject: Public holidays 2008 |
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Hi,
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I have just been counting the public/bank holidays in 2008/9.
2008 If you work Mon-Fri: 11 days (13 if you work Saturday).
2009 If you work Mon-Fri: 6 days (10 if you work Saturday). |
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nomad-ish
Joined: 08 Oct 2007
Location: On the bottom of the food chain
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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wow, someone must be bored at work  |
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nobbyken
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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Got a new pocket diary yesterday  .
My wife counted, and I thought it was post-worthy because 15 days is what is commonly stated in job advertisements. |
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Flash Ipanema
Joined: 29 Sep 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:07 pm Post subject: |
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From http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/posting.php?mode=quote&p=1372369
| yingwenlaoshi wrote: |
2008
January 1 Solar New Year Tuesday
February 6 Lunar New Year Wednesday
February 7 Lunar New Year Thursday
February 8 Lunar New Year Friday
March 1 Independence Movement Day Sunday
May 5 Children's Day Monday
May 12 Buddha's Birthday Monday
June 6 Memorial Day Friday
July 17 Constitution Day Thursday
August 15 Liberation Day Friday
September 13 Chuseok Saturday
September 14 Chuseok Sunday
September 15 Chuseok Monday
October 3 National Foundation Day Friday
December 25 Christmas Day Thursday
Lots of long weekends next year. Two in a row in May. Lunar New Year is 5 days straight, but Chuseok sucks. Looks like a pretty good year for holidays.
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There are 15 holidays, they just don't all fall on work days. |
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TexasPete
Joined: 24 May 2006
Location: Koreatown
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I once commented to a coworker that she should write to her representative and demand that holidays be observed on Mondays or Fridays so that workers get more three day holidays. She looked at me like i was crazy, as in, "Why the heck would anyone want three days in a row off? Nothing could be better than having a Wednesday off!' |
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nobbyken
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| You would be pretty cheesed of in 2009, if you thought you were getting 15 days off in your M-F job: only to get a total of 6 days. |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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Korean holidays which give a day off aren't moved to Mondays or Fridays when they fall on a weekend.
When I ask Koreans why they tell me it's because some years they get the day off, some years they don't. They think it balances out. When, of course, it doesn't. The employer can rest assured that they never have to close more than 12 days per year and that they often can close less than 12 days per year. Higher productivity.............. The employee, on the other hand, must accept that they will never get more than 12 holidays per year and often less. The employee gets the brown stuff on the end of the stick............
..........just another crappy thing that Koreans accept as normal which the rest of the world has rectified. |
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The_Conservative
Joined: 15 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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edit.
Last edited by The_Conservative on Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:43 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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The_Conservative
Joined: 15 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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| eamo wrote: |
Korean holidays which give a day off aren't moved to Mondays or Fridays when they fall on a weekend.
When I ask Koreans why they tell me it's because some years they get the day off, some years they don't. They think it balances out. When, of course, it doesn't. The employer can rest assured that they never have to close more than 12 days per year and that they often can close less than 12 days per year. Higher productivity.............. The employee, on the other hand, must accept that they will never get more than 12 holidays per year and often less. The employee gets the brown stuff on the end of the stick............
..........just another crappy thing that Koreans accept as normal which the rest of the world has rectified. |
What about China?
Or if you are talking about the West...what about Britain?
http://www.4hoteliers.com/4hots_nshw.php?mwi=3463 |
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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| The_Conservative wrote: |
| eamo wrote: |
Korean holidays which give a day off aren't moved to Mondays or Fridays when they fall on a weekend.
When I ask Koreans why they tell me it's because some years they get the day off, some years they don't. They think it balances out. When, of course, it doesn't. The employer can rest assured that they never have to close more than 12 days per year and that they often can close less than 12 days per year. Higher productivity.............. The employee, on the other hand, must accept that they will never get more than 12 holidays per year and often less. The employee gets the brown stuff on the end of the stick............
..........just another crappy thing that Koreans accept as normal which the rest of the world has rectified. |
What about China?
Or if you are talking about the West...what about Britain?
http://www.4hoteliers.com/4hots_nshw.php?mwi=3463 |
Well, I skimmed that article and couldn't find anything about public holidays. |
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