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TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2023
US companies give staff a day off for Juneteenth

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Reuters
18 June, 2021, 09:10 pm
Last modified: 18 June, 2021, 09:19 pm

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US companies give staff a day off for Juneteenth

President Joe Biden signed a bill on Thursday to recognize 19 June, or "Juneteenth", a federal holiday marking the end of legal enslavement of Black Americans, pressuring more companies to declare the day a company holiday

Reuters
18 June, 2021, 09:10 pm
Last modified: 18 June, 2021, 09:19 pm
A view of the exterior of the JP Morgan Chase & Co. corporate headquarters in New York City May 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar
A view of the exterior of the JP Morgan Chase & Co. corporate headquarters in New York City May 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Several US companies, including JPMorgan Chase & Co and Nike Inc, have given their US employees a day off for the newly implemented Juneteenth federal holiday.

President Joe Biden signed a bill on Thursday to recognize 19 June, or "Juneteenth", a federal holiday marking the end of legal enslavement of Black Americans, pressuring more companies to declare the day a company holiday. 

The law comes a year after the United States was rocked by protests against racism and policing following the murder of George Floyd, an African-American man, by a Minneapolis police officer.

Retailer Target Corp said the day would remain an annual company holiday moving forward, while it would be a paid holiday at Yelp Inc. Nike said it would close all US operations.

Coffee chain Starbucks Corp said its stores would remain open, but hourly workers would be paid at 1.5 times their regular rate and salaried staff will receive a holiday in lieu.

Employees can coordinate with managers for a paid day off between 1 July and 31 December, a memo from JPMorgan Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said.

Bank of America Corp's staff will get a paid floating holiday this year and Juneteenth will be an official holiday starting next year, a memo showed.

Wells Fargo & Co will provide an additional personal holiday this year to eligible US-based employees, a company spokesperson said. Wealth manager UBS also unveiled similar plans, an internal memo showed.

Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday created in nearly four decades. Texas officially declared Juneteenth a state holiday in 1980 and since then the holiday has been officially recognized in most US states.

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