According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average full-time employee receives about 7.6 paid holidays per year. Swiss Post is a member of the executive of the Confederation. This means that USPS is required to comply with all federal holidays. All post offices are closed and no mail will be delivered on MLK Day, President`s Day, Columbus Day and all other federal holidays. “While these celebrations are often referred to as holidays or national holidays, they only legally apply to federal employees and the District of Columbia [Washington, D.C.], as states determine their own holidays,” says the Congressional Research Service. Here`s a quick summary of the holidays you need to know as a business owner and employer: If you`re an employer, it`s important to know what those federal holidays are. This way, you can prepare your business and offer your employees competitive free time for the holidays. Read on to learn more about holidays and the benefits of observing them in your business. To make sure you`re up to date, we`ve compiled a list of all important holidays and events in January. What you`ll see here is everything from days dedicated to your favorite food (from National Bagel Day to National Pie Day), as well as dates honoring American heroes (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day). There are, of course, religious holidays to consider (including Epiphany) and iconic celebrity birthdays that you might want to remember (Michelle Obama and Elvis Presley, to be exact).

* This holiday is called “Washington`s birthday” in Section 6103(a) of Title 5 of the United States Code, the law establishing public holidays for federal employees. Although other institutions such as state and local governments and private companies may use different names, our policy is to always refer to holidays by the names provided by law. So keep this list ready to get a head start on what awaits you in the next 31 days. Private employers may choose to offer paid leave to employees on federal holidays, but they are not required. You can also choose to offer a vacation bonus (such as double pay for working time) to employees who work on a federal holiday. Supervisors may approve early dismissal or late opening due to weather, emergency or pre-vacation conditions. Early releases or late openings vary by location and are not government- or agency-wide statutory holidays. In the United States, starting in 2021, several federal holidays will be celebrated each year, including Christmas, which is one of the last of the year. ** July 4, 2020 (Independence Day holiday) falls on a Saturday. For most federal employees, Friday, July 3 is considered a statutory holiday for pay and vacation purposes. (See 5 U.S.C. 6103(b).) For federal employees working Monday through Friday, if any of the holidays listed above fall on a Saturday, it will be observed the previous Friday.

For employees who do not work Monday to Friday, when a public holiday falls on a day on which they are not expected to work, the business day immediately preceding the unscheduled business day is the employee`s public holiday. For federal employees who have jobs outside the United States, have a basic work week other than Monday through Friday, and are scheduled to work regularly on Mondays, they are aware of holidays, which typically fall on the Monday of the first business day of the work week in which the holiday falls. The U.S. code 5-6103 January is known for New Year`s Day, but there are more than 100 other holidays and special dates that are observed (also known as a federal holiday, regardless of when the event occurred) that fall in the first month of the year. This year`s inauguration holiday falls on Monday, January 21, 2013, which is also Martin Luther King Jr.`s birthday holiday (see 5 U.S.C. 6103c).) For federal employees working in the District of Columbia, Montgomery or Prince George counties in Maryland, Arlington or Fairfax counties in Virginia, or the cities of Alexandria or Fairfax, Virginia, Inauguration Day is celebrated at the same time as Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal employees in these regions are not eligible for replacement leave for inauguration day. Some statutory holidays do not occur every year, such as four-year holidays.

A four-year leave is taken every four years instead of once a year. Federal law (5 U.S.C. 6103) establishes the holidays listed on these pages for federal employees. Please note that most federal employees work Monday to Friday. For these employees, when a statutory holiday falls on a non-working day – Saturday or Sunday – the holiday is generally observed on Monday (if the holiday falls on Sunday) or Friday (if the holiday falls on Saturday). Starting in 2021, there will be 12 permanent federal holidays in the United States, according to the Congressional Research Service. Below are the official holiday dates each year in chronological order. Federal holidays date back to 1870, the year the first four federal holidays established by Congress were created, according to the U.S. Congressional Research Service. Thanksgiving Day is the fourth Thursday in November every year. It is originally a harvest festival and has become a public holiday. To view the holidays of a specific year, please select the tab corresponding to the year you are interested in.

Although technically incorrect, U.S. federal holidays are often referred to as “holidays” or “holidays” because of their widespread observance. Public holidays are generally the same as federal holidays, as most banks follow the Federal Reserve`s holiday calendar. Inauguration Day is the only four-year federal holiday. It marks the swearing-in of a new President and Vice President of the United States. When a president is re-elected, inauguration day celebrates the president`s second term. Note: Federal holidays must not be religious.