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Fact Sheet : Determining In-Lieu-Of Holidays

This chart shows how to determine a full-time employee's legal public holiday when the statutory holiday falls on a non-workday.  (Part-time employees are entitled to a holiday off only when the actual holiday falls on a scheduled workday.)

If The Employee's Schedule Is: And The Holiday Falls On A Saturday (Or On A Day Other Than the Non-Workday Scheduled Instead Of Sunday--See Note 1), the In-Lieu-Of Holiday Is: And The Holiday Falls On A Sunday (Or On The Non-Workday Scheduled Instead Of Sunday--See Note 1), the In-Lieu-Of Holiday Is:
Monday-Friday Friday per 5 U.S.C. 6103(b)(1) Monday per Section 3(a) of Executive Order 11582, February 11, 1971
Other than Monday-Friday or Monday-Saturday, including a compressed schedule (see Note 2) The preceding workday per 5 U.S.C. 6103(b)(2) The following workday per Section 3(b) of Executive Order 11582, February 11, 1971
Monday-Saturday Not applicable The following workday per Section 3(b) of Executive Order 11582, February 11, 1971


Note 1:  The statute assumes that when an employee's non-workdays are other than Saturday and Sunday, the agency will designate one of the employee's non-workdays as the non-workday scheduled "instead of Sunday."

Note 2:  Management officials with delegated authority to establish a compressed work schedule may prescribe another rule if necessary to prevent an "adverse agency impact," as defined in 5 U.S.C. 6131(b) (subject to any bargaining obligations).




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