For example, July 4 falls on a Sunday in and so the Independence Day federal holiday will instead be on the following day, Monday July 5. In the case of Christmas Day and New Year's Day, because they both fall on a Saturday, the federal holidays will instead be moved back one day to the preceding Friday.
That means the Christmas Day federal holiday will in fact be on Christmas Eve and the New Year's Day federal holiday, which should have been on the first day of , has been moved to the last day of This is why will have 11 federal holidays rather than the usual In addition, some federal employees will receive a 12th federal holiday in , as Inauguration Day is also a federal holiday for those in the "Inauguration Day area.
A number of days have been proposed as federal holidays over the years, though none have been successful. Some of the most notable candidates are:. A holiday honoring the emancipation of enslaved peoples in America on June 19, , the date is celebrated by millions across the U. In the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests over the police killing of George Floyd , there were renewed calls in some quarters for Juneteenth to be made a federal holiday.
Ron Johnson of Wisconsin who said "I object to the Observed in some states such as California, there have been numerous petitions to have a national day honoring indigenous peoples to be held on a floating day in September, but no bills introduced to Congress have been successful.
There have been numerous attempts to Election Day, always on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, to be made into a federal holiday in order to boost voter turnout when elections are held. A bill to make the date a legal public holiday on every even-numbered year was reintroduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders in , but was not enacted. Federal holidays that fall on a Saturday are observed by federal employees on the previous Friday, whereas holidays that fall on Sunday are observed the following Monday.
On these days, non-essential federal government offices are closed and banks, post offices and schools may also be closed. For employees in the private sector, federal holidays may or may not mean a day off - as companies cannot legally be required to observe the holiday. Fortunately, most employers will still give employees the day off on holidays such as Thanksgiving or Christmas - or pay extra to employees working on the day.
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