2001 Federal Holidays
Federal law (5 U.S.C. 6103) establishes the following
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). |
Monday, January 1 |
New Year's Day |
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Monday, January 15 |
Birthday of Martin Luther
King, Jr. |
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Monday, February 19 |
Washington's Birthday |
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Monday, May 28 |
Memorial Day |
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Wednesday, July 4 |
Independence Day |
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Monday, September 3 |
Labor Day |
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Monday, October 8 |
Columbus Day |
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Monday, November 12* |
Veterans Day |
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Thursday, November 22 |
Thanksgiving Day |
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Tuesday, December 25 |
Christmas Day |
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Inauguration
Day, January 20, 2001, falls on a Saturday. An employee who works
in the District of Columbia, Montgomery or Prince Georges
Counties in Maryland, Arlington or Fairfax Counties in Virginia,
or the cities of Alexandria or Fairfax in Virginia, and who is
regularly scheduled to perform non-overtime work on Inauguration
Day, is entitled to a holiday. There is no in-lieu-of holiday for
employees who are not regularly scheduled to work on Inauguration
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.
* November 11, 2001 (the legal
public holiday for Veterans Day), falls on a Sunday. For most
Federal employees, Monday, November 12, will be treated as a
holiday for pay and leave purposes. (See Executive Order 11582 of
February 11, 1971.)
Federal
Holidays Home Page
Page updated 11 October 2002