Anyone else being forced to use a vacation day or Juneteenth?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's pretty crappy to make you use a vacation day because you can't go into work. Have you asked if they could assign you work to do from home? I would keep asking how they are going to handle this if you aren't willing to use your vacation days for this. Make them come up with a solution.

You know that this is specifically permitted, right? They don't have to come up with a solution, and there is no way to "make" them do so.

You can quit over it, of course. If this is the tipping point for you to quit, then things are bad enough that you probably should.

[Anonymous]

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/992345.page

Oh look, you complained about this 2 years ago! Why does it only seem that the only federal holiday anyone has this complaint about is Juneteenth? Hmmm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not like it’s an important holiday. It’s a new one and hardly anyone celebrates it

Tell me you are white and uneducated without telling me you are white and uneducated.

It's a very old holiday and lots of people celebrate it. What's new is that it is now a federal holiday.

DP here. My issue with Juneteenth is it has little relevance at the national level. It celebrates the end of slavery in Texas, when Major General Granger signed an order freeing slaves in Texas specifically.

I'm all for a national holiday to celebrate the end of slavery, but then let's choose a date with national not Texas-only significance. How about September 22, the day Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation?

[Anonymous]

Can you just work?

[Anonymous]

It is not a real holiday. You should not have to burn a vacation day. I would demand you want to work or get the day off.

[Anonymous]

I don't even get paid vacation or sick leave. If I don't bill I don't get paid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not "messed up", it's very common if you work on-site as a contractor but your company doesn't have it off as a holiday.

Dang. I’d personally say that “very common” practice is super messed up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not like it’s an important holiday. It’s a new one and hardly anyone celebrates it

Tell me you are white and uneducated without telling me you are white and uneducated.

It's a very old holiday and lots of people celebrate it. What's new is that it is now a federal holiday.

DP here. My issue with Juneteenth is it has little relevance at the national level. It celebrates the end of slavery in Texas, when Major General Granger signed an order freeing slaves in Texas specifically.

I'm all for a national holiday to celebrate the end of slavery, but then let's choose a date with national not Texas-only significance. How about September 22, the day Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation?

No, it celebrates the *end* of *slavery* -- we're not free until we're all free.

[Anonymous]

Just take it unpaid. That way you keep the vacation day.

[Anonymous]

Vacation Day is ridiculous.

Paid holiday is best.

Unpaid day off is tolerable, unfortunate schedule mismatch with client.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not like it’s an important holiday. It’s a new one and hardly anyone celebrates it

Tell me you are white and uneducated without telling me you are white and uneducated.

It's a very old holiday and lots of people celebrate it. What's new is that it is now a federal holiday.

DP here. My issue with Juneteenth is it has little relevance at the national level. It celebrates the end of slavery in Texas, when Major General Granger signed an order freeing slaves in Texas specifically.

I'm all for a national holiday to celebrate the end of slavery, but then let's choose a date with national not Texas-only significance. How about September 22, the day Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation?

No, it celebrates the *end* of *slavery* -- we're not free until we're all free.

Slavery is still legal in prison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/992345.page

Oh look, you complained about this 2 years ago! Why does it only seem that the only federal holiday anyone has this complaint about is Juneteenth? Hmmm.

Probably because it was only created as a federal holiday 2 years ago and everyone was scrambling to figure out how to handle it last minute. And apparently contracting companies still won't pay for it as a holiday.

And plenty of people complain about Columbus Day/Indigenous People's Day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not "messed up", it's very common if you work on-site as a contractor but your company doesn't have it off as a holiday.

Dang. I’d personally say that “very common” practice is super messed up.

+1. Why won't these companies just pay their employees for the holiday? It could be argued that it's racist of them not to recognize it.

[Anonymous]

I recall my contracting agency only paid for 10 federal holidays, and then we had a national day of mourning for a President (maybe Gerald Ford).

All contractors had to take a vacation day, since it was an 11th federal holiday and it was not built in to the contract. The Company did not want to pay for it directly. We could not bill for it.

There was nowhere for them to report physically and do billable work, and no supervision by a gov't technical monitor, so even TW would not have been an option.

One person said, let me come to HQ! We felt bad. This sounds the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s not like it’s an important holiday. It’s a new one and hardly anyone celebrates it

Tell me you are white and uneducated without telling me you are white and uneducated.

It's a very old holiday and lots of people celebrate it. What's new is that it is now a federal holiday.

DP here. My issue with Juneteenth is it has little relevance at the national level. It celebrates the end of slavery in Texas, when Major General Granger signed an order freeing slaves in Texas specifically.

I'm all for a national holiday to celebrate the end of slavery, but then let's choose a date with national not Texas-only significance. How about September 22, the day Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation?

No, it celebrates the *end* of *slavery* -- we're not free until we're all free.

Then is should be December 6. That is when the 13th Amendment was ratified, ending slavery in the US. That took place a few months after Granger signed the order in Texas.