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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).

2010 Holidays

Holiday	Observed on
Friday, January 1	New Year’s Day
Monday, January 18	Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Monday, February 15	Washington’s Birthday
Monday, May 31	Memorial Day
Monday, July 5*	Independence Day
Monday, September 6	Labor Day
Monday, October 11	Columbus Day
Thursday, November 11	Veterans Day
Thursday, November 25	Thanksgiving Day
Friday, December 24**	Christmas Day
Friday, December 31, 2010***	New Year's Day

* July 4, 2010 (the legal public holiday for Independence Day), falls on a Sunday. For most Federal employees, Monday, July 5, will be treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes (section 3(a) of Executive Order 11582, February 11, 1971.) December 25, 2010 (the legal public holiday for Christmas Day) falls on a Saturday. For most Federal employees, Friday, December 24, will be treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes. (See 5 USC 6103(b).) * January 1, 2011 (the legal public holiday for New Year’s Day), falls on Saturday. For most Federal employees, Friday December 31, 2010, will br treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes (See 5 USC 6103(b).)