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how are federal holidays not mandatory time off dude there's a reason they exist. what a backwards country.
edit: apparently the concept is so foreign that people don't understand how these things work. of course there will be exceptions but of you work on a holiday you get a full day's salary as overtime. this usually assures employers only force work when necessary because most would rather not pay extra. and of course further exceptions can be made into the law. no one said life should stop when there's a holiday.
Black and white rules always end up fucking someone over. For example I work in the entertainment industry and a lot of my income is from working on holidays, specifically because they are holidays. That aspect of my job is not exploitative, and if the option were taken away I would have big problems.
I work in a hospital. Unfortunately, people don't stop being sick on holidays, so someone has to work. I don't see how it could be different in any other country.
Yep. Your boss can still say no and just give you a day in lieu