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Brauchtumstag

English translation: customary leave day

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German term or phrase:	Brauchtumstag
English translation:	customary leave day
Entered by:	Colette Kinsella

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12:47 Mar 29, 2006

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Bus/Financial - Human Resources / Contract for IT support

German term or phrase: Brauchtumstag

Der PARTNER verpflichtet sich dahingehend an allen Arbeitstagen (einschließlich der Brückentage und *Brauchtumstage*) für beauftragte Dienstleistungen zur Verfügung zu stehen.

Days on which the service provider should be avaible for providing service!

Term, anyone?

Thanks again...

Colette Kinsella KudoZ activity Questions: 255 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) (24 closed without grading) Answers: 30 Ireland
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customary leave day

Explanation:
I know that "customary leave" is used to cover periods when leave is usually granted for days other than actual public holidays, e.g. around Christmas and Easter, but there might be a better term for your context.

http://www.stmarys-belfast.ac.uk/administration/personnel/em...

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Note added at 10 mins (2006-03-29 12:58:21 GMT)
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Sorry, forgot to quote from the page I linked to:
"In addition to contractual annual leave of up to 25 days, 6 days customary leave over Christmas and Easter plus 11 Public holidays"

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Note added at 38 mins (2006-03-29 13:25:47 GMT)
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In your context, "customary holidays" would probably suffice.

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Ian M-H
United States
Local time: 04:53

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This is the term I used, and many thanks for your help, Ian.
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day customarily taken off

Bob Kerns

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customary leave day

Ian M-H

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day customarily taken off

Explanation:
This means days which are not public holidays and which are not official days off but on which many or even all of the staff customarily take the day off because of some local, regional or even national event. "Carnival Monday" is a good example - it's not a public holiday but in the areas where Carnival is celebrated it's difficult to find anyone in their office on that day.

Bob Kerns
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