The District government offers eleven paid holidays each year. Paid holidays begin with New Year's Day in January, and end with Christmas Day in December. This issuance outlines all the legal public holidays, and when employees should observe the holiday according to their scheduled tours of duty. This issuance also addresses holiday premium pay for employees who are required to work during a legal public holiday.

Full Time Schedules Monday-Friday

For calendar year 2019, the legal public holidays for District government employees whose basic workweek is Monday through Friday are as follows:

Part Time Schedules and Schedules Other Than Monday-Friday

Special rules apply if an employee works part-time, or when an employee's typical schedule is other than Monday through Friday.

Part-Time Employees

For part-time employees, whenever a public holiday falls on one of the employee's regularly scheduled workdays, the part-time employee will be entitled to holiday pay. When a public holiday falls on a day a part-time employee is not regularly schedule to work, no "in-lieu-of" or make-up day is authorized for that part-time employee.

Full-Time Employees with Non-Standard Workweeks

For full-time employees whose schedule is on days other than Monday through Friday, including compressed work schedules, when a holiday falls on their regularly scheduled day off, the public holiday for that employee depends on their scheduled tour of duty. The resulting public holiday is often called an “in-lieu-of” holiday. For these employees, when a holiday falls on the

• First (or only) non-workday- the public holiday for the employee is the workday immediately before the first non-workday.
• Last non-workday-the public holiday for the employee is the day immediately after the last non-workday.

Please refer to the attached in-lieu of schedule for guidance on determining the legal public holiday for employees who work non-standard schedules.

Holiday Premium Pay

An employee who is schedule to work on a holiday and does not receive an in-lieu-of day will be paid holiday premium pay for that day. Holiday premium pay will only be paid for work actually performed. An employee who performs holiday work is entitled to a minimum of two (2) hours of holiday premium pay. Employees who are paid at grade 15 of above shall not be entitled to holiday premium pay.

In the event of a conflict between any of the provisions of this E-DPM issuance and any collective bargaining agreement (CBA), the provisions of the CBA will control to the extent that there is a difference.

Authorities

1. D.C. Official code §§§ 1-611.03, 1-612.01, and 1-612.02.
2. Chapter 11 of the District Personnel Manual,§ 1132, Premium Pay-Holiday Premium Pay.
3. Chapter 12 of the District Personnel Manual, §§ 1220-1224, Hours of Work, Legal Holidays and Leave.

Applicability

This issuance applies to those District government agencies subordinate to the Mayor's personnel authority. Other personnel authorities or independent agencies may adopt any of these procedures to provide guidance to employees under their respective jurisdictions. The provisions in this issuance exclude the following employees designated as essential personnel:

1. Uniformed members of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD); and
2. Uniformed members of the Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department (FEMS)

For additional information concerning this issuance, please contact the Department of Human Resources, Policy and Compliance Administration, by calling (202) 442-9700 or by sending an e-mail to [email protected].