Most people are scheduled to have 115 days off work this year, a calendar published by the Directorate-General of Personnel Administration showed.
The total accounts for public holidays, and all Saturdays and Sundays except for Feb. 17, which is a make-up work day, the calendar showed.
While the holidays are for government agencies and state-run entities, they are also commonly observed in the private sector, including at banks and most companies, as well as education providers.
Photo: Lee Jung-ping, Taipei Times
The calendar does not include Labor Day on May 1, when workers get a day off as stipulated by the Labor Standards Act (勞動基準法), or Armed Forces Day on Sept. 3 for military personnel.
On Labor Day, banks and financial markets are closed, but government offices and the postal service remain open.
New Year’s Day on Monday was the first public holiday of the year, marking the founding of the Republic of China in 1912.
The next public holiday in Taiwan is the week-long Lunar New Year from Feb. 8 to 14, with Feb. 17, a Saturday, being a work day with government offices and banks open.
Other public holidays include Feb. 28 Peace Memorial Day, a four-day break from April 4 to 7 to mark Children’s Day and Tomb Sweeping Day, and the Dragon Boat Festival long weekend from June 8 to 10.
In the second half of the year, there are only two public holidays: Mid-Autumn Festival on Sept. 17 and Double Ten National Day on Oct. 10, the calendar showed.
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