Boss's Day

Boss' Day is a secular holiday celebrated on October 16 in the United States, Canada and Lithuania. It has traditionally been a day for employees to thank their bosses for being kind and fair throughout the year.

History

Patricia Bays Haroski registered "National Boss' Day" with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1958She was working as a secretary for State Farm Insurance Company in Deerfield, Illinois, at the time and chose October 16, which was her father's birthday. She was working for her father at the time. Four years later, in 1962, Illinois Governor Otto Kerner backed Haroski's registration and officially proclaimed the day.

Hallmark Cards did not offer a Boss' Day card for sale until 1979. It increased the size of its National Boss' Day line by 28 percent in 2007.

National Boss's Day has become an international celebration in recent years and now is observed in countries such as Australia, India, South Africa, Ireland, and Egypt Note that Egypt celebrates their equivalent holiday on 10 December every year.^]