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Pay and Benefits Watch: 2000 and 2001 holiday schedule

November 25, 1999

In July, Pay and Benefits Watch previewed the federal holiday schedule for 2000 and 2001. By popular demand, we're publishing the holiday schedule again in this Thanksgiving edition of the column.

2000 Holidays

New Year's Day	Friday, Dec. 31, 1999
Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday	Monday, Jan. 17
Washington's Birthday	Monday, Feb. 21
Memorial Day	Monday, May 29
Independence Day	Tuesday, July 4
Labor Day	Monday, Sept. 4
Columbus Day	Monday, Oct. 9
Veterans Day	Friday, Nov. 10
Thanksgiving Day	Thursday, Nov. 23
Christmas Day	Monday, Dec. 25

2001 Holidays *

New Year's Day	Monday, Jan. 1
Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday	Monday, Jan. 15
Washington's Birthday	Monday, Feb.19
Memorial Day	Monday, May 28
Independence Day	Wednesday, July 4
Labor Day	Monday, Sept. 3
Columbus Day	Monday, Oct. 8
Veterans Day	Monday, Nov. 12
Thanksgiving Day	Thursday, Nov. 22
Christmas Day	Tuesday, Dec. 25

* Inauguration Day, January 20, 2001, falls on a Saturday. An employee who works in the District of Columbia, Montgomery or Prince Georges Counties in Maryland, Arlington or Fairfax Counties in Virginia, or the cities of Alexandria or Fairfax in Virginia, and who is regularly scheduled to perform non-overtime work on Inauguration Day, is entitled to a holiday. There is no in-lieu-of holiday for employees who are not regularly scheduled to work on Inauguration Day.

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