Q: I don’t get holidays anymore. We used to have days around other holidays off. For example if the 4 th of July fell on a Thursday, we would get Friday off. Now we have these things called floating holidays. Some call them personal holidays. I don’t get it. It feels like we are beginning to make up holidays. How can I tell if these holidays are even real?

A: Many companies offer floating holidays to employees. I have never heard of them being called personal holidays, but I think that is an accurate description. Within most companies, there is usually a published holiday schedule. Somewhere around 10 holidays per calendar year is what we see. The company is often closed on these more commonly known holidays.

However, some employees may celebrate different holidays. Floati

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