Holidays

13 paid holidays per year for full-time President's Office employees.
Regular part-time employees are entitled to pro-rata holiday benefits.



Legal Holidays	2008	2009	2010
New Year's Day	January 1	January 1	January 1
Martin Luther King	January 21	January 19	January 18
President's Day	February 18	February 16	February 15
Evacuation Day	March 17	March 17	March 17
Patriot's Day	April 21	April 20	April 19
Memorial Day	May 26	May 25	May 31
Bunker Hill Day	June 17	June 17	June 17
Independence Day	July 4	July 4	July 5
Labor Day	September 1	September 7	September 6
Columbus Day	October 13	October 12	October 11
Veterans' Day	November 11	November 11	November 11
Thanksgiving Day	November 27	November 26	November 25
Christmas Day	December 25	December 25	December 25

*Under the provisions of Chapter 4, Section 7, Clause Eighteen, Legal holidays that fall on a Saturday shall be observed on that day. All offices under the jurisdiction of any department of state government shall be open to the public for business on the Friday preceding any Saturday holiday. However, as many employees as possible should be given that Friday off. Employees assigned to work shall be given an additional day off as the law and applicable collective bargaining agreements allow. Whenever possible the following Monday should be used as the alternative day off.

Chapter 30, Section 24A, provides for the action to be taken in the case of persons employed by the Commonwealth when any legal holiday falls on a Saturday. In addition, Section 11 of the management and confidential employee rules governing paid leave and other benefits and Collective Bargaining Agreements currently in effect cover this subject.

**A legal holiday shall be observed the day following when said holiday should occur on Sunday (Chapter 4, Section 7, Clause Eighteen).

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Holidays

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