tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13644607.post113755346060975877..comments2023-10-15T16:52:02.319+05:30Comments on Lanka Libertarian: sri lankan holidayssittingnuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08409176960405641998noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13644607.post-1137944237391097632006-01-22T21:37:00.000+06:002006-01-22T21:37:00.000+06:00Well, rather than getting rid of an institution th...Well, rather than getting rid of an institution that dates back to pre buddhist times and ye olde, Hindu lunar calendar...<BR/><BR/>... why we don't we all just work on the East Asian work week, Monday to Saturday?<BR/><BR/>I was at first very worried about all our holidays when I started my company. But my staff, who are not from the more Western 2-day weekend world of what is mostly English speaking Sri Lanka, told me they wanted to work SATURDAYS. <BR/><BR/>I thought about this for a bit -- and then said sure thing. We've been working 6-day work weeks since September, and both productivity and the quality of work has been great. <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>here, except that my staffNavinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02875538961521675481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13644607.post-1137720669485516582006-01-20T07:31:00.000+06:002006-01-20T07:31:00.000+06:00yep keep Vesak and Poson...especially Poson cos I ...yep keep Vesak and Poson...especially Poson cos I was born on Poson poya day :) hehehe...<BR/><BR/><BR/>Keshi.Keshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147250771662427208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13644607.post-1137681833646787132006-01-19T20:43:00.000+06:002006-01-19T20:43:00.000+06:00I agree with jack point's points.Except Vesak and ...I agree with jack point's points.<BR/>Except Vesak and Poson ,cut the rest of the poya days.For the rest of religions 1 holiday per religion.Holidays left should fall on either Friday or Monday.Increase anual and casual so that if somebody needs to observe sill on a poya day to let him/her use it.(rather than bring the whole country to a standstill)Chandarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17234654844903205724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13644607.post-1137622406157860872006-01-19T04:13:00.000+06:002006-01-19T04:13:00.000+06:00I too think that SL has too many holidays...here i...I too think that SL has too many holidays...here in Aus it's very limited and mainly only during Christmas period that we get some public holidays...and 1 on Australia day and ANZAC day, 2 during Easter, 1 for Queen's bday and that's abt it...<BR/><BR/>SL has 12 Poya days...tho it's religious days for the Buddhists, the real worshippers of these Poya days are ppl who arent working anyways...older ppl who want to offer sil (meditation) etc. So why should the working population just waste their time at home on Poya days?<BR/><BR/>I say strip em off...<BR/><BR/>Keshi.Keshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17147250771662427208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13644607.post-1137559617898087462006-01-18T10:46:00.000+06:002006-01-18T10:46:00.000+06:00One of the issues with holidays is that everything...One of the issues with holidays is that everything is closed, but this is less of a problem now with more shops/offices offering some kind of holiday service.<BR/><BR/>The solution would be <BR/><BR/>1. Cut the number of public holidays<BR/>2. Ensure that whatever holidays left fall on Mondays/Fridays so that they become long weekends and thus better utilised for travel etc.<BR/>3. The loss of public holidays to be compensated by increased annual/casual leave allocation. This currently stands at 14 days/7 days. Increase this to say 21/14, and encourage people to utilise their holidays as they prefer rather than shutting the whole place down.Jack Pointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00324737814154929009noreply@blogger.com