Hari Raya got off?

constancebay SG

13 October next saturday is hari raya.

Anyone knows whether on monday 15 october will be a off day too? Or does every unit have their own policy?

mhcampboy SG

better still... half day on fri!! Laughing

DjMatrix SG

21 days till ns Sad

constancebay SG

Its only for muslims.

I will rather they have a public holiday off on 15 october

Gordonator SG

there will probably be an off-in-lieu.

k2406 SG

Manpower directive states that we will be entitled to one day off when public holiday falls on Sat. This off must be taken within 6 mths. Very Happy

I wonder what's the situation if someone's doing regimental duty on hari raya. does he get off for doing duty on a public holiday PLUS the off due to a public holiday falling on a saturday. if he gets 2 offs then its quite a good deal..haha.

Detached SG

Me too! Contact me by PM!

whitenoise SG

Really? Which directive?

blitzonic SG

Served so long, & still dunno?

I thought you're supposed to be 2 months away from ORD *wink* *wink*

constancebay SG

Its 2 weeks from ord Laughing

I want to double confirm because if there is an off in lieu, it means I will have 1 less day to work, which means 9 more working days to ord instead of 10

constancebay SG

I think its up to the commander to decide right..

If the commander don't want to give 1 day off than you also can't do anything even though its stated in the directive..

goldevil SG

me too !!!

Gordonator SG

i believe in this case the person will get only 1 day off cos doing duty on a public holiday only applies on weekdays since your 1st example overlaps your 2nd example on the same holiday.

k2406 SG

A manpower directive that can be assessed from the MINDEF intranet website. Haha. I'm going to print it out and show my boss.

k2406 SG

knowing saf, you're probably right.

but if someone is doing duty on a weekday public holiday, he gets 1 day off due to losing 1 day public holiday.

let's say someone does duty on a public holiday which falls on saturday like hari raya on 13 october.

he burns his saturday and gets one day off.

everyone else gets their saturday but also gets one day off (as stated in directive since one day off should be given for public hol which falls on sat)

abit unfair to the guy who did duty on sat, no?