Bank Holiday Act Quick reference
A Dictionary of British History (3 ed.)
... Holiday Act , 1871 . Introduced by Sir John Lubbock , this Act compelled the clearing banks to close on certain days, thus making them public holidays. In England and Wales Easter Monday, Whit Monday, the first Monday in August, and Boxing Day became public holidays. In Scotland New Year's Day, the first Monday in May and August, and Christmas Day were declared holidays...
Bank Holiday Act (1871) Reference library
Richard A. Smith
The Oxford Companion to British History (2 ed.)
... Holiday Act , 1871 . Introduced by Sir John Lubbock , this Act compelled the clearing banks to close on certain days, thus making them public holidays. In England and Wales Easter Monday, Whit Monday, the first Monday in August, and Boxing Day became public holidays. In Scotland New Year’s Day, the first Monday in May and August, and Christmas Day were declared holidays. Richard A....
Bank Holiday Act
Popular Culture Quick reference
Charles Phythian-Adams
The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)
...regular national celebrations (Guy Fawkes, the defeat of the Armada), particular events like coronations or royal childbirths (see David Cressy , Bonfires and Bells (1989) ), and even by imposing the new Gregorian calendar in 1752 and, later, new holiday patterns (e.g. bank holidays) at the expense not only of local rhythms but also, with the (delayed) introduction in 1880 of Greenwich Mean Time, of local time itself. A corollary to this closer involvement of the state at local levels was the growing importance of popular elections, and the...
14 Printed Ephemera Reference library
Michael Harris
The Oxford Companion to the Book
...social appeal, it stood midway between recurrent forms, produced to supply an apparently continuous demand, and serial commodities, such as the newspaper. Among the most perennial products of print culture, the almanac was constructed around the calendar of saints’ days and holidays laid out in the preliminaries to the Bible or to the *Book of Common Prayer . By the mid-17 th century, it was produced and sold either as a small-format leaflet of up to 24 pages or as a *folio broadside printed on one side of a sheet for public display. The Stationers’...
Between Alexandria and Antioch: Jews and Judaism in the Hellenistic Period Reference library
Leonard J. Greenspoon
Oxford History of the Biblical World
...day of the month of Kislev in 164 bce , according to tradition exactly three years from the day when a pagan sacrifice was first offered at the Temple, priests were again able to make offerings to God in accordance with biblical commands. This event became the basis for the holiday of Hanukkah or Rededication, which continues to be celebrated for eight days by Jews throughout the world. Palestine under the Hasmoneans For most of those...
1 & 2 Samuel Reference library
Gwilym H. Jones, Gwilym H. Jones, and Gwilym H. Jones
The Oxford Bible Commentary
...long-standing animosity between Israel and Edom ( Gen 25:25, 30; Num 20:1–21; Judg 3:7–11 ). His ‘detention’ in the sanctuary was probably connected with an act of penance ( Hertzberg 1964 ) rather than a mere holiday ( McCarter 1980 ). The reference to him as ‘chief of Saul's shepherds’ need not refer in any way to the office of king (as has been suggested by Edelman 1991 ). By another probable act of deception David obtained from Nob Goliath's sword, which was ‘wrapped in cloth behind the ephod’ ( v. 9 ). A cloth other than the ephod suggests that the...
annual leave
Lichfield Court of Array
business day Reference library
Australian Law Dictionary (3 ed.)
...business day A day ‘that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday or bank holiday in the place concerned’: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s...
bank holidays Quick reference
A Dictionary of Law (10 ed.)
... holidays Days that are declared holidays for the clearing banks and are kept as public holidays under the Banking and Financial Dealing Act 1971 or by royal proclamation under this Act. In England and Wales there are currently eight bank holidays a year: New Year’s Day (or, if that is a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday), Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Holiday (the first Monday in May), Spring Bank Holiday (the last Monday in May), Summer Bank Holiday (the last Monday in August), and Christmas Day and the following day (or, if Christmas Day is a...
bank holiday Quick reference
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (2 ed.)
... holiday A day that is declared a holiday for the clearing banks and is kept as a public holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealing Act 1971 or by royal proclamation under this Act. In England and Wales there are currently eight bank holidays a year: New Year's Day (or, if that is a Saturday or Sunday, the following Monday), Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Holiday (the first Monday in May), Spring Bank Holiday (the last Monday in May), Summer Bank Holiday (the last Monday in August), and Christmas Day and the following day (or, if Christmas Day is a...
Bank Holidays Quick reference
A Dictionary of English Folklore
...The Bank Holidays Act of 1871 , strenuously promoted by Sir John Lubbock (later Lord Avebury), stipulated (for England) Easter Monday, Whit Monday, the first Monday of August, and Boxing Day (26 December), in addition to Christmas Day and Good Friday which were already holidays under common law. This pattern remained unchanged until the 1970s when the moveable Whitsun was replaced by a fixed Spring Bank Holiday; New Year's Day was added in 1974 ; and May Day (or the first Monday in May) was added in 1978 . In the late 1980s, a government...
holiday pay Quick reference
A Dictionary of Accounting (5 ed.)
... pay Wages or salary paid to a worker during a period of vacation leave to which he or she is entitled. In the UK full-time workers are now legally entitled to a minimum of 28 days paid annual leave per year, including bank holidays; part-time workers have a pro-rata entitlement. The right to holiday pay was first enshrined in English law under the Holidays with Pay Act 1938 . The US has no statutory minimum-leave...
holiday pay Quick reference
A Dictionary of Business and Management (6 ed.)
... pay Wages or salary paid to a worker during a period of vacation leave to which he or she is entitled. In the UK full-time workers are now legally entitled to a minimum of 28 days paid annual leave per year, including bank holidays; part-time workers have a pro-rata entitlement. The right to holiday pay was first enshrined in English law under the Holidays with Pay Act 1938 . The USA has no statutory minimum-leave...
Bank Reference library
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (19 ed.)
...complex are on the right bank of the Thames, though rarely referred to as such. Bank holidays Properly, days when banks are legally closed. In 1830 Bank of England closures were limited from more than 40 to 18 and in 1834 to just four. By the Bank Holiday Act of 1871 days were again fixed for England, Wales, Ireland and, with a slight variation, Scotland. These Bank Holidays soon became general public holidays. Alterations have taken place from 1967 , so that by 1999 there were nine Bank Holidays for England and Wales, 11 for Scotland, and 13 for...
annual leave Quick reference
A Dictionary of Human Resource Management (3 ed.)
...through the Work and Families Act 2006 , has given the government the power to increase the entitlement to 28 days for full-time employees (pro rata for part-timers) and prevent employers from including bank holidays. These provisions bring the UK in line with most other European countries, where there is a long tradition of statutory entitlement to paid annual...
Banking and Finance. Reference library
Howard Bodenhorn
The Oxford Companion to United States History
...a national bank holiday in March 1933 , which slowed internal drains of reserves. Banks were not allowed to reopen until they had been inspected and recertified by state or federal auditors. Roosevelt also suspended the gold standard to halt the external drain of reserves. The failure of several thousand banks and the loss of millions to bank depositors during the Depression prompted Congress to pass legislation designed to recapitalize and restore public confidence in the nation's financial intermediaries. The Federal Home Loan Bank System and the...
forced marriage protection order Quick reference
A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (2 ed.)
...24 hours (excluding Sundays Christmas Day, and Good Friday, but not other bank holidays...
holidays Reference library
John K. Walton
The Oxford Companion to British History (2 ed.)
...able to afford them. The Bank Holiday Acts of 1871 and 1875 , which came to guarantee four free Mondays in the year including the first Monday in August, were of no importance here, although they did help to open out summer holiday opportunities in parts of the country where the older holidays had not survived. Paid holidays for manual workers before the First World War were offered by only a few paternalistic or enlightened employers, and although they spread gradually through the inter-war years a compulsory Holidays with Pay Act was not passed until ...
