An Idea for Maine and New Hampshire Businesses Around the Holidays

Just lately, I discussed that in a transaction at a Maine enterprise, I observed that that they had an indication posted addressing their Christmas Eve and Christmas Day hours.

The place usually, you’d anticipate the signal to say shortened Christmas Eve hours and being closed on Christmas Day, there have been truly hours of operation for Christmas Day.

And whereas I’ve already taken a deep dive into the aim and doable reasoning behind a enterprise (exterior of a meals pantry or shelter) being open for enterprise on Christmas Day — a deep dive during which I noticed one thing halfway by means of so ended differently than anticipated — I even have what I feel might be an honest concept for companies across the holidays.

Maine and New Hampshire Vacation Breaks

Typically, no less than with companies/corporations I’ve labored at that are not a comfort retailer that was in my household, any official company-recognized days off all year long all the time reference both Christmas Eve or Christmas Day as an noticed firm time off, relying on the place it falls.

The factor is, whereas it looks like a majority of individuals have fun Christmas, not everybody days. Some have fun Hanukkah. Some have fun Kwanzaa. Some have fun a mixture of the three.

However what occurs should you’re not given day off for the precise vacation you observe? Is it honest?

Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa 2022

This 12 months, Hanukkah might be celebrated December 18 by means of December 26. Kwanzaa might be celebrated December 26 by means of January 1. And, as all the time, Christmas might be celebrated on December 25.

Nonetheless, there have been occasions the place, not like this 12 months, the vacations or the place the times off fall do not all the time overlap. And that is the place my concept kicks in.

What if as a substitute of locking in particularly Christmas (or a day surrounding it, relying on the place it falls on the calendar) as an noticed time off for all workers, companies make {that a} Selection Vacation.

That method, the worker has the chance to take a time off on or through the vacation they really have fun and observe. That offers the worker the chance to take off in the future throughout Hanukkah or in the future throughout Kwanzaa, as a substitute of probably getting no days off to look at their tradition’s vacation if they do not get the coincidental overlapping with Christmas?

Look, I brazenly admit that I do know nothing about operating a enterprise. Hell, this will already be a factor at some companies. However in a time the place folks might get torn away from their household celebrations due to their work schedule, it may create a greater scenario for all.

It may additionally admittedly be an absolute rubbish concept.