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2008 Holiday Survey

Each fall CBIA conducts a survey as to the holiday schedule members will follow in the upcoming year. For more information about this survey, please contact Phillip Montgomery at 860-244-1982 or via e-mail at montgomp@cbia.com.The following table represents what members reported for their 2008 holiday schedule:

Holiday
% offering the holiday
% not offering the holiday

New Year's holiday

Both Monday, Dec. 31 and Tuesday, Jan. 1 (42%)
Only Tuesday, Jan. 1 (56%)
Neither of the above (1%)

N/A
N/A
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Monday, Jan. 21)
14
86
Lincoln's Birthday (Tuesday, Feb.12)
2
98
Presidents' Day (Monday, Feb. 18)
30
70
Good Friday (Friday, March 21)
63
37
Memorial Day (observed Monday, May 26)
97
3
Independence Day (Friday, July 4)
98
2
Labor Day (Monday, Sept. 1)
98
2
Columbus Day (observed Monday, Oct.13)
17
83
Veterans Day (Tuesday, Nov. 11)
9
91
Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, Nov. 27)
98
2
Day after Thanksgiving (Friday, Nov. 28)
80
20
Christmas (Thursday, Dec. 25)
99
1
Day after Christmas (Friday, Dec. 26)
60
40

When will your company observe the 2009 New Year's holiday?

Only on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009 (74%)
Both Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009 and Friday, Jan. 2, 2009 (26%)

N/A
N/A

Seventeen percent of the companies indicated they will shut down for the days between Christmas and New Year’s. Here's how many personal days employees will be required to use during the shut down:

1 day, 22%

4 days, 10%

2 days, 7%

5 days, 15%

3 days, 15%

Personal days not required, 32%