[Updated May 16, 2016 at 0:09 ] For many French, the Pentecost weekend is still a rather vague period in the calendar. Located at the end of May or early June, Pentecost falls on a Sunday, which is traditionally followed by a Monday holiday: Whit Monday. But after an abortive reform there are more than ten years, which was to transform Whit Monday in “Solidarity Day” worked to fund the dependency of seniors, it is still unclear who is working and not working. According to a survey conducted in the Randstad group this year, only 3 out of 10 employees will go to the office or the factory at the Whit Monday.
This extra day worked, which means another day of work “offered” for 70% of employees who do not work on Monday (read below), reported 2.24 billion euros in 2015. this year it is expected to bring 2.29 billion, according to figures from the national solidarity Fund for autonomy (CNSA), in charge of its management. A figure that corresponds to the contribution of 0.3% of payroll (corresponding to the extra value of a working day). Of this, around € 1.4 billion will be allocated to the elderly via the personal autonomy allowance (APA), paid by the departments or the financing of health and social services. A little over 900 million euros will be allocated for their disabled people, either through the provision of disability compensation or financing of health and social services welcoming people with disabilities.
Pentecost : history of the Christian festival and holiday Monday
Summary
the Christian festival itself is also unknown. Date changes each year. His legal status is still a draft. And since Vatican II, Whit Monday is no longer one day solemnized by the Catholic religion. The key points to remember in order to see more clearly on key dates of Pentecost and Whit Monday
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Originally, the famous Whitsunday essential religious episode for Christians. According to the Bible, seven weeks after Easter (the resurrection of Jesus after his death), and ten days after the Ascension (the time it leaves the land of men), Jesus’ apostles were gathered in a place called Upper Room . This high place of Jerusalem – whose name will go into the common language – was already the scene of the Last Supper, the last meal of Christ. “Suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. Tongues, like tongues of fire appeared unto them separated from each other, and sat upon each of them. and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. “Acts of the Apostles describe.
thus Pentecost is the celebration of the arrival of the Holy Spirit. For Christians, it is the third member of the Trinity with the Father (God) and the Son (Jesus). That this entity grows prophets to action, but also all human beings. The irruption of the Holy Spirit, already announced in the Old Testament, marks the beginning of the Catholic Church, since it is the Holy Spirit that will push the apostles to spread the word from that day. Note: in the Bible, it is reported that the events of Pentecost occur during the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, which celebrates the giving of the Torah to Moses on Mount Sinai. Religious practice of tradition at this time of the year is prior to the advent of Christianity.
As the Ascension, it is ten days, the day of Pentecost is fixed depending on the date of Easter. The celebration of Pentecost has indeed held among Christians the seventh Sunday after Easter, forty-nine days after the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ as expressed in the Bible (the 50th day after the festival). The date of Pentecost Monday is fixed immutably in the aftermath of this celebration. The date of Pentecost Monday following 50 days so this Easter: seven weeks of seven days to which an extra day is added to switch from Sunday to Monday
The dates of the Ascension and Pentecost. Then are impacted directly impacted by the date of Easter, which is itself calculated under the rules of ecclesiastical Comput, which specifies the method applied according to the phases of the moon and the vernal equinox. Since the Council of Nicaea, held in 325, Easter occurs on the Sunday following the first full moon after March 21, that is to say between March 22 and April 25. What makes the Ascension and Pentecost can not “fall” between the beginning of May and the month of June.
In 2016, Pentecost took place Sunday, May 15 2016 Whit Monday was logically set the next day, Monday, May 16, 2016. last year, the Pentecost weekend took place Sunday, May 24 and Monday 25 May. In 2017, the Christian feast is set for Sunday, June 5th for Pentecost and June 6 for Whit Monday. In 2018, it will be held Sunday, May 20 and Monday, May 21 …
This year, a “Pentecost feria” takes place as every year in Nîmes. But in a slightly different context: due to tighter budget than usual and a state of emergency in France, we will see fewer festivities and more police. For this edition 2016 under surveillance up to 600 municipal and national police are in fact requisitioned from 12 to 16 May It was therefore recommended for visitors bodegas and arenas arrive early: the excavations will be practiced in the
The confusion is great but the conclusion is simple.. Since signing the Concordat of 1801 between Napoleon and the Catholic Church in 1801, Whit Monday was, on the whole of France, a holiday. But the situation changed in 2003. That year, a heat wave causes the death of 15,000 people, mostly the elderly. Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin then proposed deleting a holiday, replaced by a “Solidarity Day” to finance “actions in favor of the autonomy of elderly or disabled.” Whit Monday is selected. Employees are encouraged to work without remuneration in exchange
The French bishops had not protested against this measure, since Whit Monday is no longer considered a day major ceremony since the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). It is especially in the social field that the measure will be challenged as to the amounts actually made available to the elderly. Whit Monday reportedly just over 2 billion euros in the first years of the implementation of the measure. Already flexible in its original 2004 version, the worked day of solidarity will completely disconnect from the Whit Monday from 2008.
What happened to the Day of Solidarity? In fact, it is independent of today calendar and therefore no longer necessarily held on Whit Monday. The employees saw their annual earnings amputated a working day to finance the addiction. Charge employers then “offset” as they see this working day and salary “lost”. The law of 16 April 2008, which amended the device, says that if the unpaid day of work is maintained, it may take other forms (day off or RTT less, work on a holiday to the map which is Monday in question, etc.).
the rules are fixed by branch or enterprise agreements. Whit Monday is again a holiday like any other. A study in 2014 by the Interim Randstad group, only 20 to 30% of employees are present at their jobs that day. The National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy (CNSA) said that the device “day of solidarity” reported 23 billion euros between 2004 and 2013.
The measure has been contested by the unions workers. The CFDT sees “an unfair funding formula based mainly on the contribution of employees only,” the CGT considers that the law of 2004 on the day of solidarity (and 2008) is “unfair”. 13 May 2016, the French Confederation of Christian Workers issued a statement a severe criticism of the device by providing examples of “aberrations”: is it right that an employee of the supermarket may be forced to work for free on a holiday, while an SNCF agent is supposed to work 1 minute 52 more per day to fulfill the day called ‘solidarity’? “
Traditionally the Pentecost weekend heralds good days, since traditionally held between May and June. This period is usually marked by warmer temperatures, especially as the days are already very long with the approach of the summer solstice (the length of day well over 15 hours in Paris at the end of May, leaving the soil time to warm up in case of clear weather). Ice Saints, heralding the last frosts of the year between 11 and 13 May are often passed
A cold snap is however not excluded. away from the tradition of the Ice Saints, meteorologists often advertise possible frosts until late May. In 2013, it had snowed at low altitude during this long weekend. The weekend of Pentecost is also one of the most congested of the year on the roads, many French yielding to the urge to go on weekends. Usually the difficulties are concentrated on major routes Paris-province (A13, A6).
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