The Reserve Bank of India determines bank holidays each month, releasing a month-by-month schedule of such days off for private and public lenders at the start of the year. According to the list, all commercial and public sector banks will have 15 bank holidays in April 2022. Date Day Holiday States April 1 Friday National […]
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The Saudi King, Salman bin Abdulaziz, has issued a royal decree to make February 22nd of every year a day to commemorate the founding of the Saudi state. The day will be called “Foundation Day” and it becomes an official holiday, starting this year. The text of the decision stated: “…to take pride in the […]
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Indian public and private banks will be closed on 16 days including the second and fourth Saturdays and Sundays in January 2022, owing to festivals. According to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines, banks remain closed on all public holidays but there are some holidays that are regional, i.e. restricted to certain states only. […]
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The President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has released the holidays for 2022. Today Duterte signed Proclamation 1236 declaring 10 regular holidays, six special non-working days, and three special working days. The regular holidays include New Year’s Day, January 1 (Saturday); Araw ng Kagitingan, April 9 (Saturday); Maundy Thursday, April 14; Good Friday, April 15; Labor Day, May 1 (Sunday); […]
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A month or so earlier than normal, the Chinese government has announced the public holidays for next year. On October 26th 2021, the State Council released the official China public holiday 2022 schedule through its Circular of the General Office of the State Council on the Arrangement of Public Holidays in 2022 As is traditional, the […]
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The 2022 work calendar in Spain is now complete and it includes a total of 12 national holidays, one more than in 2021. Eight holidays will be celebrated nationwide, the same number as this 2021, according to a resolution of the General Directorate of Labor published this Thursday in the Official State Gazette (BOE). Specifically, […]
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The Madrid Government has approved the work calendar of the Community of Madrid for 2022, which will have 12 holidays, with another two local holidays to be added by each municipality in the region. The working calendar for 2022 incorporates several national holidays, among others, those of April 14th and 15th, Thursday and Good Friday; as well as Monday, July 25th, […]
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The Official Gazette of Castilla-La Mancha has published the decree of the Ministry of Economy, Business and Employment of the regional Government by which the labour calendar of paid and non-recoverable holidays in the year 2022 is approved. The most notable change is that the holiday corresponding to Christmas Day passes to Monday December 26th. […]
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According to the calendar released by the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration, civil servants will get a total of 115 days off next year, including the public holidays, all Saturdays and Sundays except for January 22nd according to the list. While the list of holidays is officially issued for government agencies and state-run entities, it is […]
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The Basque Government has included September 6th among its holidays for 2022, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the return of Elcano. The Basque Country has approved the working calendar for next year and the one-off holiday on September 6th will replace December 25th, which falls on a Sunday. The twelve holidays in the work […]
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