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Bargaining for Race Equality - Religious Festivals
Date: 12 November 2009
Religious observance is an important bargaining issue.
Along with the document Bargaining for Race Equality - the right to religious observance, this resource list aims to assist negotiators in persuading employers to recognise and take into consideration the religious practices of an increasingly multi-cultural workforce.
The Main Religious Festivals - 2010 / 2011
Please note that the dates given for 2011 are provisional. This is because some festivals are closely related to phases of the moon, which can only be predicted nearer the time. The dates of the main festivals in 2010 and 2011 are indicated below:
Christian-Western
Ash Wednesday
17 Feb 2010 (9 Feb 2011)
Good Friday
2 Apr 2010 (22 Apr 2011)
Easter Day
4 Apr 2010 (24 Apr 2011)
Ascension Day
13 May 2010 (2 Jun 2011)
Whit Sunday
23 May 2010 (12 Jun 2011)
Corpus Christ
3 Jun 2010 (23 Jun 2011)
Advent Sunday
28 Nov 2010 (27 Nov 2011)
Christmas Day
25 Dec 2010 (25 Dec 2011)
Bahá'í
Feast of Naw-Rúz
21 Mar 2010 (21 Mar 2011)
First Day of Ridván
21 Apr 2010 (21 Apr 2011)
Birth of Bahá'u'lláh
12 Nov 2010 (12 Nov 2011)
Buddhist
Parinirvana Day
15 Feb 2010 (15 Feb 2011)
Wesak (Buddha Day)
28 May 2010*** (17 May 2011)
Dharma Day
26 Jul 2010 (15 Jul 2011)
adjusted for BST***
Chinese
Lunar New Year (3 days)
14-16 Feb 2010 (3-5 Feb 2011)
Christian-Eastern Orthodox
Christmas (not Greek Orthodox)
7 Jan 2010 (7 Jan 2011)
Lent Monday
15 Feb 2010 (7 Mar 2011)
Easter Day
4 Apr 2010 (24 Apr 2011)
Pentecost
23 May 2010 (12 Jun 2011)
Hindu
Holi
28 Feb 2010 (19 Mar 2011)
Navaratri 1st Day
8 Oct 2010 (28 Sept 2011)
Diwali
6 Nov 2010 (26 Oct 2011)
Islamic**
Milad Al-Nabi (Prophet's Birthday)
26 Feb 2010 (15 Feb 2011)
Lailat Ul-Isra Wal Miraj
9 Jul 2010 (29 Jun 2011)
1st of Ramadan
11 Aug 2010 (1 Aug 2011)
Eid Ul-Fitr
10 Sept 2010 (30 Aug 2011)
Eid Ul-Adha
16 Nov 2010 (6 Nov 2011)
Al-Hijira (Islamic New Year)
7 Dec 2010 (26 Nov 2011)
Ashura
16 Dec 2010 (5 Dec 2011)
dates are based on the new moon at Mecca**
Jewish
Holocaust Memorial Day
27 Jan 2010 (27 Jan 2011)
Pesach (Passover) 1st day
30 Mar 2010 (19 Apr 2011)
Shavuot (Pentecost) 1st day
19 May 2010 (8 Jun 2011)
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)
9 Sept 2010 (29 Sept 2011)
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)
18 Sept 2010 (8 Oct 2011)
Sukkot (Tabernacles)
23 Sept 2010 (13 Oct 2011)
Hannukkah 1st day
2 Dec 2010 (21 Dec 2011)
Sikh*
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh
5 Jan 2010 (5 Jan 2011)
Baisakhi
14 Apr 2010 (14 Apr 2011)
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan
16 Jun 2010 (16 Jun 2011)
Birthday of Guru Nanak
21 Nov 2010 (10 Nov 2011)
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur
24 Nov 2010 (24 Nov 2011)
based on Nanakshahi Era calendar*
Bargaining for equality race relations - the right to religious observance (Religious Festivals) was correct at date of publication November 2009.
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