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Melf    | | posted 29-May-2008 9:34am |
America. I use the word 'holiday.' |
they  | | posted 29-May-2008 9:49am |
No work!! |
| they | | (reply to Melf) posted 29-May-2008 9:50am |
> America. I use the word 'holiday.'
What do you call your vacation time at work there? Holiday time?
For example, I get 3 paid weeks of vacation per year.
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| icurok | | posted 29-May-2008 9:56am |
American people going on holiday. Now ask me what I think about when I hear the word holiday? |
| icurok | | (reply to they) posted 29-May-2008 10:09am |
There isn't really a phrase for it that I can think of in the context of one's employment contract. It's just the number of days holiday you get. I get 31 days paid holidays a year (or 229 hours). But (unless I'm taking a day off to just potter around the house) when I use them, I am going 'on holiday' or 'on my holidays'. Someone might ask me "Where are you going on holiday this year?". |
bill   | | (reply to icurok) posted 29-May-2008 10:11am |
Do you call Christmas a holiday or something else? In America, we make a distinction between a vacation and a holiday. A typical worker will get a couple weeks of vacation time off (to take whenever they want), plus various national holidays (Christmas, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, etc.) which are specific dates. |
| Melf | | (reply to they) posted 29-May-2008 10:17am |
I think it is just holiday. At least, that's what it is at school - summer holidays, Easter holiday, etc. |
| they | | (reply to icurok) posted 29-May-2008 10:49am |
Interesting.
Do you also have sick and personal time in addition to your holiday time? I don't get a 4th week of vacation until I've been with the company 8 more years!! But I do still have my 5 sick, 5 personal days until then. |
| icurok | | (reply to bill) posted 29-May-2008 11:01am |
Christmas is called a public holiday in the UK. We also have bank holidays (so called because these were the days when the banks closed and therefore no one could get anything done either) which generally fall on a Monday. The vast majority of people (unless they work for the emergency services), don't work on public holidays and these are additional to your holiday entitlement.
In England (it's different in Scotland and Northern Ireland) we get New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day Bank Holiday (the first Monday in May), Spring Bank Holiday (The last Monday in May), Summer Bank Holiday (The last Monday in August), Christmas Day and Boxing Day. On top of that I get my 31 days of paid holidays a year which (provided I give adequate notice and it doesn't cause staff resource issues) I can take whenever I want. |
| bill | | (reply to icurok) posted 29-May-2008 11:09am |
Do you use the word "vacation" for anything? Is it purely an American word? |
| Enheduanna | | posted 29-May-2008 11:16am |
Traveling. |
| icurok | | (reply to they) posted 29-May-2008 11:18am |
I don't know about 'personal time', but there is either Statutory Sick Pay (i.e. what the Government says your employer must pay you when you're unable to work) or the sick pay scheme of the company you work for.
The standard rate of Statutory Sick Pay is $149 a week. It is applicable if you're ill for 4 consecutive days (including weekends and public holidays) and lasts for up to 28 weeks.
My company has its own sick pay scheme which pays out at full salary for X days and then half salary for X days. I've been with the company for over 5 years which means that if I were seriously ill, my company would continue paying me at full salary for 182 days and half salary for another 182 days.
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| icurok | | (reply to bill) posted 29-May-2008 11:32am |
Not that I know of. Holiday is just an all-encompassing word. |
| Galomorro | | posted 29-May-2008 11:59am |
Staying home. I don't like traveling. Not more than several miles to and from. |
| judgescratch | | posted 29-May-2008 2:07pm |
The Connie Francis song. |
Iseult  | | posted 29-May-2008 3:45pm |
Europe |
gambler  | | posted 29-May-2008 5:44pm |
Traveling, i guess |
| llamamama | | posted 29-May-2008 7:39pm |
The beach, which is where I hope to spend a majority of summer vacation this year. |
| cantilever | | posted 29-May-2008 7:51pm |
Other - Snow!!!! I chase the snow when the $$$ allow. |
| Jody | | posted 30-May-2008 10:02am |
Cottage |
| EyesOfCharisma | | posted 30-May-2008 12:51pm |
Beach |
| aquawolfy | | posted 30-May-2008 4:25pm |
The beach. Though that's not where I'd go on vacation. |
| Biggles | | posted 30-May-2008 7:32pm |
The breaks between terms during my first degree were called "vacs". |
| Biggles | | (reply to bill) posted 30-May-2008 7:35pm |
Breaks between terms at Oxford are called "vacations" rather than "holidays" - I have no idea why, but at least that's one example of a British use of the word!  |
| Biggles | | (reply to icurok) posted 30-May-2008 7:46pm |
> In England (it's different in Scotland and Northern Ireland) we get
> New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day Bank Holiday (the
> first Monday in May), Spring Bank Holiday (The last Monday in May),
> Summer Bank Holiday (The last Monday in August), Christmas Day and
> Boxing Day. On top of that I get my 31 days of paid holidays a
> year which (provided I give adequate notice and it doesn't cause staff
> resource issues) I can take whenever I want.
It must be annoying to have to take set bank holidays. When I was working, my bank holidays were just added to my total entitlement so I could take them whenever I wanted an extra day off. One of the benefits of working shifts in the NHS (even if it did mean I worked Christmas and New Year)
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| icurok | | (reply to Biggles) posted 31-May-2008 3:42am |
Until last year, we didn't get Good Friday off but had one extra day a year instead. It was a throwback to old union negotiations which thought it was pointless to have two public holidays so close together. But then we got "brought in line" with the parent company. |
| Pomeranian |
San Francisco |
| cloudhugger |
It's hard for me to think about vacation without making it into a working vacation. Where can I go that I can deduct off of my taxes...? So as far as doing vacation type stuff...nothing immediate comes to mind. If I can't make any money there, that spot most likely will not see me. My first thought really is not gonna happen... |
| cloudhugger | | (reply to Melf) posted 1-Jun-2008 5:24pm |
When I first heard that term, I switched to using it. I really like how it sounds, so I tell people I'm taking a holiday. Sounds more... or should I say, less stressful. Around here, vacations really tend to take a lot out of people. The preparation for a few weeks, the not so leisurely feeling of having to get somewhere fast and leave fast to get to the next thing, cram as much into a week as possible. Than there is the getting home, unpacking and catching up on all the crap that fell behind. Pretty stressful unless someone in the group does all the work.
My last job after 11 years only gave me 17 or 18 days off, 7 of which were guarenteed. |
| Melf |
Ugh! That's harsh. At the moment, because I'm still in college, holiday seems to mean the whole of the summer, and breaks at Christmas and Easter, and in between. It feels bizarre that in the 'real world' it's not bad to have 30 days holiday a year. |
| cloudhugger | | (reply to Melf) posted 1-Jun-2008 5:41pm |
30 days is extremely reasonable. Some jobs, most jobs here you get 1 week the first year, and after 3 or 5 years you get 2 or 3 weeks. We can thank the Unions for that. |
| Melf |
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| Lahdee |
traveling by car |
| JessicaWoman99 | | posted 1-Jun-2008 10:06pm |
Vacation oh boy great now i can sleep and sleep all week long |
| cloudhugger | | (reply to Melf) posted 2-Jun-2008 3:18pm |
Indeed |
| verouge |
Camping!!! |
| LindaH |
flying/California |
| Zang | | posted 3-Jun-2008 11:36pm |
I get a visual of palm trees, beach, cocktails...that sort of thing. |
| Zang | | (reply to icurok) posted 3-Jun-2008 11:39pm |
> American people going on holiday. Now ask me what
> I think about when I hear the word holiday?
"Holiday" makes me think of Christmas and Easter. Probably has something to do with holy day...
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| kcthedog | | posted 15-Jun-2008 3:41pm |
Scuba diving in the Caribbean!
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