Holidays
2017 Holiday Schedule
January 1 Sunday, New Year’s Day (a)
January 2 Monday, New Year’s Day (Observed)
January 16 Monday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
February 12 Sunday, Lincoln’s Birthday (a)
February 13 Monday, Lincoln’s Birthday (Observed) (b)
February 20 Monday, Washington’s Birthday (Observed)
May 29 Monday, Memorial Day
July 4 Tuesday, Independence Day
September 4 Monday, Labor Day
October 9 Monday, Columbus Day
November 7 Tuesday, Election Day
November 11 Saturday, Veterans’ Day
November 23 Thursday, Thanksgiving Day
December 25 Monday, Christmas Day
(a)Under the Attendance Rules when a holiday falls on a Sunday it is observed on the following Monday.
(b)The State has designated Lincoln’s Birthday as a floating holiday in 2017 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 Noncommissioned Officers, and State Police Investigators negotiating units, Lincoln’s Birthday (February 12, 2017) is not designated as a floating holiday.
2018 Holiday Schedule
January 1 New Year’s Day
January 15 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
February 12 Lincoln’s Birthday (a)
February 19 Washington’s Birthday (Observed)
May 28 Memorial Day
July 4 Independence Day
September 3 Labor Day
October 08 Columbus Day
November 6 Election Day
November 11 Veterans’ Day (b)
November 12 Veterans’ Day (observed)
November 22 Thanksgiving Day
December 25 Christmas Day (Sunday)
(a) The State has designated Lincoln’s Birthday as a floating holiday in 2018 for State employees in certain bargaining units.
(b) Under the Attendance Rules when a holiday falls on a Sunday it is observed on the following Monday.