Easter considered holiday at your facility?

[Purdue_Nurse]

At my facility, Easter is not considered a holiday. It is just like any other Sunday. I celebrate Easter as do the vast majority of others at my facility. I feel if we are working that day we should be compensated the way we are for other holidays. I was just curious if Easter is counted as a holiday at any of your facilities or if it is commonplace among hospitals to ignore it.

[sanctuary, BSN, MSN, RN]

No, not in 2 state hospitals, a Catholic 1, or the VA system. Just another Sunday, bloody Sunday.

[anniesong]

Easter is not considered an official holiday here, however Good Friday is. We're state, so we go by whatever the "official" holidays are declared to be.

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

There was a movement in the 80's that most businesses, not just hospitals, dropped Easter as a Holiday. Most businesses kept Christmas, but dropped Easter and it's been the norm for many years, as least in places I've worked.

They do this in fairness to other religions who don't get acknowledged with their high holy days with extra pay and days off.

I agree with this idea. I realize it's one of the most, if not the most, important holiday for Christians.

My hospital is not a faith-based hospital and does not acknowledge Easter as a holiday. Many of my co-workers put in requests for the day off.

[jmgrn65, RN]

my hospital is a faith based hospital and Easter is not a holiday. I think that one of the reason may be is that they are only going to pay for a limited holidays.

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

My high holy days happen to be Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashana. As far as my facility is concerned, I am welcome to use vacation days or personal days for my time off if I want them off. Same thing with Easter. And that sounds right and fair to me, too.

[LydiaNN]

No, we get all federal and state holidays only. I'd be surprised if Easter was considered a holiday at any facility.

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

Good Friday is considered a holiday in my health system. Surrounding hospitals don't.

Add to the mix that Friday is our biggest referral day for homecare services, so my Central Intake department needs to be fully operational. Three years ago (post merger with another agency) staff were irate that billing ALWAYS gets their holidays off; now they understand were like dietary or ER of a hospital: just can't close up shop. Do schedule everyone holiday time and rotate those getting time off.

Was talking with my perdiem clerk who works FT for a national for-profit Hospice provider: they get NO holidays! :eek:

[CritterLover, BSN, RN]

i've worked for several different hospitals in several different states, some faith-based, some not.

i've never seen easter considered to be a holiday as far as pay goes. however, at my current hospital system, no holiday that falls on a weekend is considered a holiday as far as pay goes. weekend and holiday differentials are the same, and you only get one per shift.

they do, however, count as a holidays as far as staffing goes (as in, better not call in if you are scheduled). this includes easter.

[Quickbeam, BSN, RN]

My state used to give employees a half day for Good Friday but they were sued and were forced to eliminate that. In my 35 years of full time work I've never been anywhere that considered Easter a holiday.

[Altra, BSN, RN]

and i must agree, that although a religious holiday, it has become quite mainstream for non religious reasons (candy and easter bunny)

Thanks - that was my point to a previous poster ... plenty of candy, bunnies and eggs out there among folks who do not otherwise celebrate the religious holiday.

[flashpoint]

Yes...Easter is considered a holiday. We get 8 hours of double time even though we are working 12 hour shifts. We are owned by the village the facility is located in and are controlled by the village board. We also get double time on Veteran's Day and our birthday.

[sanctuary, BSN, MSN, RN]

Maybe the Suits figure it doesn't need to be a holiday, 'cause it always falls on the weekend.:rotfl: