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Public holiday
Public holiday: a legally designated nonworking day, also called bank holiday, statutory holiday, or federal holiday. Median 13 per country (2026); UK has 8-10 bank holidays; no automatic day-off right in the UK.
Public holidays in Argentina
Public holidays in Argentina: national holidays and non-working days under Law 27.399, with movable Mondays, tourism bridge days, Jewish, Islamic, and Armenian observances, and 19 holidays, the most in Latin America.
Public holidays in Australia
Public holidays in Australia: state and territory-set paid holidays under the Fair Work Act NES. Seven shared days (New Year's Day, Australia Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, Anzac Day, Christmas, Boxing Day); others vary by jurisdiction, with weekend substitution rules.
Public holidays in Brazil
Public holidays in Brazil: national holidays under Lei 662/1949 (as amended), annual MGI calendars with pontos facultativos, state and municipal holidays, Corpus Christi's special status, and rules for holiday work.
Public holidays in Canada
Public holidays in Canada, or statutory holidays, are paid days off defined by each province and territory, ranging from 6 in Nova Scotia to 11 in British Columbia.
Public holidays in China
Public holidays in China (中国法定节假日): seven nationwide holidays, 13 statutory days under the 2024-revised Regulation on National Annual Festivals and Memorial Days, with tiaoxiu weekend swaps creating week-long Golden Week breaks.
Public holidays in Germany
Public holidays in Germany (gesetzliche Feiertage): nine nationwide holidays plus state-specific days set by each Land's Feiertagsgesetz; only 3 October is federal, with paid holiday rest under the EntgFG.
Public holidays in India
Public holidays in India: gazetted (compulsory) and restricted (optional) holidays set separately by the central government (17 gazetted, 2 restricted for 2026) and by each of 28 states and 8 union territories, with Republic Day, Independence Day, and Gandhi Jayanti applying nationwide.
Public holidays in Italy
Public holidays in Italy: 11 national civil and Catholic dates fixed by Law 260/1949 and the 1985 Concordat, plus each municipality's patron-saint day; no substitute day when a holiday falls on a weekend.
Public holidays in Japan
Public holidays in Japan (国民の祝日) are 16 annual days off designated by the 1948 Act on National Holidays (Law No. 178), with substitute and between-holiday days off, Happy Monday moves, and the highest G7 holiday count.
Public holidays in Malaysia
Public holidays in Malaysia are gazetted under the Holidays Act 1951, with state holidays layered on federal ones, weekend substitution, and a multi-religious calendar; 2026 counts range from 14 to 19 by method.
Public holidays in Mexico
Public holidays in Mexico, also known as días de descanso obligatorio, are mandatory paid days off under Article 74 of the LFT. Those who work receive triple compensation.
Public holidays in Poland
Public holidays in Poland (dni ustawowo wolne od pracy): 14 statutory days off under the 1951 Act on days off from work, including Christmas Eve from 2025, with Sunday trading bans and day-off-in-lieu rules.
Public holidays in Russia
Public holidays in Russia, also called Russian holidays, are the 14 non-working dates established by Article 112 of the Labor Code, including Orthodox Christmas, Victory Day, and Russia Day.
Public holidays in South Africa
Public holidays in South Africa: the 12 paid holidays fixed by the Public Holidays Act 36 of 1994, effective 1 January 1995, including Human Rights Day, Freedom Day, Youth Day, and Day of Reconciliation, with a Monday-after-Sunday rule.
Public holidays in South Korea
Public holidays in South Korea (공휴일) are days designated by the 2021 Act on Public Holidays: national holidays, Seollal, Chuseok, Buddha's Birthday, Children's Day, Labor Day, Christmas, and election days, with substitute holidays and paid application under the Labor Standards Act.
Public holidays in the Philippines
Public holidays in the Philippines are days designated by RA 9492 and annual presidential proclamations as regular holidays, special non-working days, special working days, or additional special non-working days, each with distinct DOLE pay rules; Eidul Fitr and Eidul Adha dates are proclaimed separately by the Islamic calendar.
Public holidays in the United Kingdom
Public holidays in the United Kingdom, called bank holidays, are statutory days under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 plus common law holidays; England and Wales have eight, Scotland nine, Northern Ireland ten, with no statutory right to time off.
Public holidays in the United States
Public holidays in the United States are 11 annual legal holidays for federal employees, from New Year's Day to Christmas Day, with states setting their own.
Public hospital
Public hospital: government-owned or government-accountable hospital financed by taxation or social insurance. Covers NHS nationalisation of 1948, European semi-autonomy reforms, and mixed evidence versus private hospitals.
Public housing
Public housing: the US federal low-rent housing program created by the 1937 Housing Act, locally run by public housing authorities under HUD, with about 1.2 million units, 30%-of-income rents, and no new development since 1998.
Public housing in Singapore
Public housing in Singapore consists of HDB flats built by the Housing and Development Board (established 1960), housing about 80% of the population on 99-year sold leases, not rentals.
Public housing in the United Kingdom
Public housing in the United Kingdom, usually called social housing, is low cost rental accommodation and home ownership let below market rents, housing over 4 million households.
Public humiliation
Public humiliation: deliberate exposure of a person to scorn before witnesses, historically as judicial punishment (stocks, pillory, rege ribaldum, walk of shame) and today studied for mental health effects.
Public Image Ltd
Public Image Ltd (PiL), English post-punk band formed in 1978 by John Lydon after the Sex Pistols, with Keith Levene and Jah Wobble. Known for Metal Box (1979), dub-influenced experimental rock, and reformation in 2009.
Public image of Elon Musk
Public image of Elon Musk: perception of the Tesla and SpaceX chief, X owner, and former DOGE head. Covers favorability polling (33% favorable by mid-2025), his Republican political turn, X's shifted reputation, and damage to Tesla's brand.
Public image of Eminem
Public image of Eminem: reputation of Detroit rapper Marshall Mathers III (Slim Shady), built on controversial lyrics, white-artist authenticity debates, 8 Mile, addiction and comeback, and 2024's Death of Slim Shady.
Public image of Javier Milei
The public image of Javier Milei is the eccentric persona of Argentina's libertarian president, elected in 2023, built on a chainsaw, unruly hair, and attacks on "la casta."
Public image of Melania Trump
Public image of Melania Trump (Melanija Knavs), Slovenian-born first lady 2017-2021 and from 2025: plagiarism-charge debut, fashion-driven image, Be Best, low visibility, weak polling, memoir and documentary.
Public image of Taylor Swift
Public image of Taylor Swift: her managed persona across country-to-pop eras, narrative control, 2018 political coming-out, 2024 Harris endorsement, polarized reception, and commercial resilience.