Public holidays in Sierra

Public holidays in Sierra are predominantly determined and controlled by the private sector, although several major public holidays overlap with federal holidays and statutory holidays, the latter of which requires businesses to provide paid leave or premium payment to its workers on such days. Generally speaking, holidays occur during the work week (from Monday to Friday), although no level of government in the Kingdom enforces mandatory or compulsory observance of any holiday within the private sector, and has allowed businesses to choose whether to observe a particular holiday or not. Major celebrations including and  tends to see the most widespread observances nationwide, with over 90% of businesses providing paid time off during such days.

Federal holidays are holidays of which government facilities and institutions must close (including but not limited to, schools, post offices, and DMVs), whereas statutory holidays are holidays in which private businesses are obligated to make special accommodations to workers. If a statutory holiday falls on a weekend, the Friday before or Monday after such holiday must be treated by the business as a day of observance, either by providing its workers paid time off or premium pay. Federal observances are days where both public and private sector facilities and services continue to operate, and are simply days of commemoration and recognition of various topics, activities, or events. A number of holidays are not federally or provincially recognized, and are not typically paid days off by businesses, but are nonetheless still widely celebrated, including the and.

In addition to national holidays, there are numerous holidays celebrated at the provincial, state, areal, and territorial level, including statutory holidays or observances not covered by the federal government. Although major Christian holidays are officially observed, some Sierrans may take days off and may be compensated by their employers in order to observe their own religious holidays. Similar to federal observances, there are also dozens of informal, commemorative, and ceremonial days which are no necessarily observed, but continue to be recognized by many Sierrans, and are generally opportunities to raise awareness or express appreciation towards a particular niche interest or group.