2005 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). |
Friday, December 31, 2004 * |
New Year's Day |
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Monday, January 17 |
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. |
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Monday, February 21 |
Washington's Birthday |
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Monday, May 30 |
Memorial Day |
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Monday, July 4 |
Independence Day |
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Monday, September 5 |
Labor Day |
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Monday, October 10 |
Columbus Day |
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Friday, November 11 |
Veterans Day |
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Thursday, November 24 |
Thanksgiving Day |
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Monday, December 26 ** |
Christmas Day |
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* January 1, 2005 (the legal public holiday for New Years
Day) falls on a Saturday. For most Federal employees, Friday, December 31,
2004, will be treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes. It does not
matter that December 31, 2004 is in the prior calendar year. (See 5 U.S.C.
6103(b).)
Inauguration Day, January 20, 2005, falls on a Thursday. An employee who works
in the District of Columbia, Montgomery or Prince George's 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.
** December 25, 2005, ( the legal public holiday for Christmas
Day) falls on a Sunday. For most Federal employees, Monday, December 26,
will be treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes. (See Executive
Order 11582 of February 11, 1971.)
Federal
Holidays Home Page
Created 4 January 2001