Overview

• Startups such as Klarify, Sprout Family and IRegained will give employees the Monday before July 1 as a paid holiday to create a long weekend.
• Founders like Moody Abdul and Vineet Johnson say the move reflects a ‘take care of you, you’ll take care of us’ philosophy and has minimal impact on small teams.
• The practice mirrors actions taken last December when employers bridged a Thursday Boxing Day gap with an extra day off.
• Full-time staff at less flexible organizations are requesting leave months in advance or dipping into vacation banks to avoid working the lone Monday shift.
• In Quebec, workers often take the full week off between Saint-Jean Baptiste Day and Canada Day, treating the back-to-back holidays like a Christmas–New Year’s break.