Date |
Holiday |
Wednesday, January 1 |
New Year's Day |
Monday, January 20 |
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. |
Monday, February 17* |
Washington's Birthday |
Monday, May 25 |
Memorial Day |
Friday, July 3** |
Independence Day |
Monday, September 7 |
Labor Day |
Monday, October 12 |
Columbus Day |
Wednesday, November 11 |
Veterans Day |
Thursday, November 26 |
Thanksgiving Day |
Friday, December 25 |
Christmas Day |
*This holiday is designated as "Washington's Birthday" in section 6103(a) of title 5 of the United States Code, which is the law that specifies holidays for Federal employees. Though other institutions such as state and local governments and private businesses may use other names, it is our policy to always refer to holidays by the names designated in the law.
**July 4, 2020 (the legal public holiday for Independance Day), fall on a Saturday. For most Federal Employees, Friday, july 3, will be treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes. (See 5 U.S.C. 6103(b).)
OPM web site:
"Federal law (5
U.S.C., § 6103) establishes
[these] public holidays for
Federal employees. Please note
that most Federal employees work
on a Monday through Friday
schedule. For these employees,
when a holiday falls on a nonworkday -- Saturday or Sunday
-- the holiday usually is
observed on Monday (if the
holiday falls on Sunday) or
Friday (if the holiday falls on
Saturday)."
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