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For most Federal employees, Monday, January 2, will be treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes. (See section 3(a) of Executive order 11582, February 11, 1971.) Note:
Most Federal employees are entitled to holiday premium pay when they are required to work during designated holiday hours. This fact sheet applies to employees who are covered by the holiday and premium pay provisions in title 5, United States Code.
The following Federal holidays are established by law (5 U.S.C. 6103): New Year's Day (January 1). Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Third Monday in January).
The following Federal holidays are established by law (5 U.S.C. 6103): New Year's Day (January 1). Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Third Monday in January). Washington's Birthday (Third Monday in February).
If a holiday falls on a Sunday\, f or most Federal employees\, the following Monday will be treated as a hol iday for pay and leave purposes. (See Section 3(a) of Executive Order 115 82\, February 11\, 1971.)
Fact Sheet: Leave Year Beginning and Ending Dates. A leave year begins on the first day of the first full biweekly pay period in a calendar year. A leave year ends on the day immediately before the first day of the first full biweekly pay period in the following calendar year.
Employees generally are not entitled to holiday premium pay for the time they spend in work-related travel during holiday hours of their tours of duty, unless it meets one of the travel conditions listed below. Holiday premium pay is paid only to employees who perform work on a holiday.
All full-time employees, including those on flexible or compressed work schedules, are entitled to an "in lieu of" holiday when a holiday falls on a nonworkday. Part-time and intermittent employees are not entitled to an "in lieu of" holiday.
Effect of Government Closures and Special Holidays on "Use or Lose" Annual Leave. Dismissal or closure due to weather conditions or other emergencies, end-of-year holidays granted by Executive order, and other unexpected paid time off without charge to leave may disrupt plans to use scheduled annual leave.
Three holidays—December 24 and December 25, 2018, and January 1, 2019—fall within the same pay period beginning December 23, 2018, and ending January 5, 2019, for most employees under a standard Monday through Friday work schedule.