Whats the difference between public holiday and gazated holiday?
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The meaning of the term “gazetted holiday” is basically a holiday that is said by the government to be mandatory. So, a gazetted holiday means that the holiday must be observed by schools, banks, and typically many employers observe the holiday as well.
A public holiday, national holiday or legal holiday is a holiday generally established by law and is usually a non-working day during the year.
Explanation:
NATIONAL holidays are holidays declared by the central or federal government seated at the Nation’s capital .Strictly speaking There are no national holidays in US.All states are independent to declare their own holidays But Federal government declared 1o holiday in the year.state govts. follow them,but not all of them.Only 7 out of them are observed by all states.(I can’t say if this has been changed.).-1)New year’s day;2)Memorial Day;3)Independence day;4)Labor Day.5)Veteran Day;6)Thanks giving Day;7)Christmas Day.
STATE holidays:Apart from this the states are having holidays of their own which are observed in that state.For example Lincoln’s day is observed in 12 states.Florida celebrate Florida Pascula day.California declare holiday on Emancipation day .All states have a few holidays pertaining to their state.
Public Holidays are holidays declared by Public Sector which controls 60m to 65% of employment in USA. These are mostly similar to national holidays but are not mandatory and are at the discretion of the companies.the employees who work for the week are eligible for Saturday and Sunday as paid holidays.If a holiday falls on weekend that holiday may be shifted to monday or Friday.
There are holidays pertaining to religion or ethnic factors Such as Easter Sunday Christmas Eve for Christians,Rosh Hashnah for jews;Id for Muslims;Diwali for Hindus.
Apart from this there are funny food holidays which are observed by certain firms or organisations;there are Peach Day or other holidays named after fruits or vegetables-Mushroom day;are observed by fruit or vegetable dealers.
School children are eligible for a certain set of holidays declared by school boards.