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2021Holiday Schedule

January 1                           New Year’s Day 

January 18                         Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 

February 12                      Lincoln’s Birthday (a) 

February 15                     Washington’s Birthday (Observed) 

May 31                               Memorial Day 

June 19                               Juneteenth (b)

July 4                                    Independence Day 

July 5                                    Independence Day (Observed ) (c)

September 6                    Labor Day 

October 11                       Columbus Day 

November 2                     Election Day 

November 11                  Veterans’ Day 

November 25                  Thanksgiving Day 

December 25                     Christmas Day 

 (a) The State has designated Lincoln’s Birthday  as a floating holiday in 2021 for State employees in certain bargaining units. 

(b) The State MAY designate Saturday as a legal holiday for 2021

(c) Under the Attendance Rules when a holiday falls on a Sunday it is observed on the following Monday.

2020 Holiday Schedule

January 1                           New Year’s Day 

January 20                        Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 

February 12                     Lincoln’s Birthday  (a)

February 17                     Washington’s Birthday (Observed) 

May 25                               Memorial Day 

July 4                                   Independence Day (b)

September 7                  Labor Day 

October 12                      Columbus Day 

November 3                    Election Day 

November 11                 Veterans’ Day 

November 26                 Thanksgiving Day 

December 25                   Christmas Day 

 (a) The State has designated Lincoln’s Birthday  as a floating holiday in 2020 for State employees in certain bargaining units. For employees in the Security Services, Security Supervisors, Agency Police Services, State Police Troopers, State Police Commissioned and Non-commissioned Officers, and State Police Investigators negotiating units, Lincoln’s Birthday is not designated as a floating holiday.

(b) The State has not designated an alternate day of observance for Independence Day in 2020. It is a pass day holiday.

All eligible full time employees with Attendance Rules coverage are entitled to 12 holidays a year. For classified service employees in the Executive branch of State service who work Monday through Friday with Saturday and Sunday off, Saturday, July 4, 2020 will be observed as a pass day holiday and those eligible employees will earn 7.5 or 8 hours of holiday leave to be used at another time, subject to supervisory approval.

Note: Accrued holidays not used one (1) year after the date it is earned will expire.

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