Holidays

§ 6103. Holidays (a) The following are legal public holidays: January 1, New Year’s Day. February 22, Washington’s Birthday. May 30, Memorial Day. July 4, Independence Day. The first Monday in September, Labor Day. November 11, Veterans Day. The fourth Thursday in November, Thanksgiving Day. December 25, Christmas. (b) For the purpose of statutes relating to pay and leave of employees, with respect to a legal public holiday and any other day declared to be a holiday by Federal statute or Executive order, the following rules apply: (1) Instead of a holiday that occurs on a Saturday, the Friday immediately before is a legal public holiday for— (A) employees whose basic workweek is Monday through Friday; and (B) the purpose of section 6309 of this title. (2) Instead of a holiday that occurs on a regular weekly non-workday of an employee whose basic workweek is other than Monday through Friday, except the regular weekly nonworkday administratively scheduled for the employee instead of Sunday, the workday immediately before that regular weekly nonworkday is a legal public holiday for the employee. This subsection, except subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1), does not apply to an employee whose basic workweek is Monday through Saturday. 80 Stat. 516 (c) January 20 of each fourth year after 1965, Inauguration Day, is a legal public holiday for the purpose of statutes relating to pay and leave of employees as defined by section 2105 of this title and individuals employed by the government of the District of Columbia employed in the District of Columbia, Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties in Maryland, Arlington and Fairfax Counties in Virginia, and the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in Virginia. When January 20 of any fourth year after 1965 falls on Sunday, the next succeeding day selected for the public observance of the inauguration of the President is a legal public holiday for the purpose of this subsection.