DateHoliday
Friday, January 1
New Year’s Day
Monday, January 18
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Wednesday, January 20*
Inauguration Day
Monday, February 15**
Washington’s Birthday
Monday, May 31
Memorial Day
Monday, July 5***
Independence Day
Monday, September 6
Labor Day
Monday, October 11
Columbus Day
Thursday, November 11
Veterans Day
Thursday, November 25
Thanksgiving Day
Friday, December 24****
Christmas Day
*This holiday is designated as
"Inauguration Day" in section 6103(c) of title 5 of the United States
Code, which is the law that specifies holidays for Federal employees.
Federal employees in the Washington, DC area are entitled to a holiday
on the day a President is inaugurated, January 20 for each fourth year
after 1965. 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.
**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, 2021 (the legal public
holiday for Independence Day), falls on a Sunday. For most Federal
employees, Monday, July 5, will be treated as a holiday for pay and
leave purposes. (See 5 U.S.C. 6103(b).)
****December 25, 2021 (the legal public
holiday for Christmas Day), falls on a Saturday. For most Federal
employees, Friday, December 24, will be treated as a holiday for pay and
leave purposes. (See section 3(a) of Executive order 11582, February
11, 1971.) Taken from: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays/#url=2021
posted by J. Ernesto Aneiros at 10:33 AM on Feb 28, 2021
"2021 Holiday Schedule"
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