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All 10 federal holidays are also provincial holidays. A holiday that falls on a weekend is usually observed on the closest weekday. While the federal government is officially secular, four of the ten holidays are religious holidays. A Federal Supreme Court ruling allowed the religious holidays to remain federal holidays, noting that these holidays celebrate specific events that also happen to be important to Lunarists. These four religious holidays (Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter Festivals) have been increasingly celebrated by non-Lunarists, so the holidays have effectively become celebrations of Volkian culture.
Every year on a federal holiday, non-essential federal government offices are closed, stock trading is suspended, and every federal worker is paid for the holiday. This typically applies to provincial government offices as well. As a general rule, banks, schools, and businesses may be closed as well; this is not required. However, federal law mandates anyone who works on a federal holiday be paid time-and-a-half. Additionally, if the day was an otherwise working day for the employee, the employee shall receive vacation time equivalent to one full
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|{{nowrap|Second Monday in July}} <br> (Biennial) ||Election Day <br> (День выборов) ||Public holiday held every two years for purposes of federal elections; many businesses are closed or have shortened hours to allow Volkian workers time to vote. The next federal elections are scheduled to be held on July 11, 2022.
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|Last Monday in August||Labor Day <br> (День труда)||Honors and celebrates the Volkian labor movement and workers. The date coincides with the 1947 general strike that crippled production nationwide and ultimately led to significant rights for workers
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|October 9||Autumn Festival <br>(Осенний фестиваль)||Celebrates the autumn harvest in Volkia, and is one of the four major holidays in Lunarism. Non-Lunarists celebrate this holiday as well; it is one of Volkia's biggest holidays. Celebrations include parades and feasts.
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