Monday, May 11, 2009

Holidays in the Netherlands vs Malaysia

I'm used to have numerous public holidays in a year and when I came here, I'd realised that the Duthies have ONLY these days of national holiday listed below!!
2009
Date Holiday Date Holiday
1 January New Year's Day 26 & 27 January Chinese New Year
12-13 April Easter Day 9 March Prophet Muhammad's Birthday
30 April Queen's Day 1 May Labour Day
21 May Ascension Day 9 May Wesak Day
31 May & 1 June Whit Sunday 6 June Agong's Birthday
25 & 26 December Christmas Day 31 August National Day


20-21 September Hari Raya Puasa


17 October Deepavali


27 November Hari Raya Haji


18 December Awal Muharram


25 December Christmas Day

But then again, in the Netherlands, employees are being compensated with a mandatory 20 days annual leave and most companies offer 25 days annual leave to their employees. But still, after 1 June, the next national holiday will be 6 months down the road!! Sob, sob I'll be sooo looking forward to work in the Netherlands.



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