Holiday Information:

When the holiday falls on the actual day we have problems many times.

The Article 11 Officer in Washington, DC, is Jake Jackson, Assistant Maintenance Director.  

Below is information related to holiday scheduling. When the holiday does not come on Monday many are confused. The contract address what occurs on the scheduled day off. However the scheduled day has cause a lot of confusion. 

The contract reference is Article 11 and your LMOU. Both must be reviewed when holiday schedules are posted. In addition ELM Section 518 and 434.4  ELM 14, June 1999    518 Holiday Leave

518.1 Observed Holiday
The following 10 days are observed as holidays by the U.S. Postal Service. 
  1. New Year’’s Day January 1. 
  2. Martin Luther King, Jr.’’s Birthday 3rd Monday in January. 
  3. Washington’’s Birthday 3rd Monday in February. 
  4. Memorial Day Last Monday in May. 
  5. Independence Day July 4. 
  6. Labor Day 1st Monday in September. 
  7. Columbus Day 2nd Monday in October. 
  8. Veterans’’ Day November 11. 
  9. Thanksgiving Day 4th Thursday in November. 
10. Christmas Day December 25.

518.2 Holidays on Nonscheduled Workdays

518.21 Saturday 
When a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is observed as the holiday.

518.22 Sunday 
When a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday is observed as the holiday. 

518.23 Nonscheduled Workday 
When an employee’’s Nonscheduled workday falls on a day observed as a holiday, the employee’’s scheduled workday preceding the holiday shall be designated as that employee’’s holiday.  

518.3 Holidays on Scheduled Workdays
Holidays falling on an employee’’s scheduled workday are observed on those days. 

518.4 Eligibility for Holiday Pay (See 434.4) 

ELM 14, June 1999 434.4 Holiday Leave Pay 
434.41 Policy 434.411 

The following 10 days are observed as holidays: 
  
  1. New Year’’s Day. 
  2. Martin Luther King, Jr.’’s Birthday. 
  3. Washington’’s Birthday. 
  4. Memorial Day. 
  5. Independence Day. 
  6. Labor Day. 
  7. Columbus Day. 
  8. Veteran’’s Day. 
  9. Thanksgiving Day. 
10. Christmas Day. 

434.412 On these holidays, eligible employees receive holiday leave pay for a number of hours equal to their regular daily work schedule, not to exceed 8 hours. This holiday pay is instead of other paid leave to which employees might otherwise be entitled on their holiday. If a holiday falls on an eligible employee’’s regular scheduled work day, including 434.413 Saturday or Sunday, the employee observes the holiday on that day. 

434.414 When a holiday falls on an employee’’s scheduled nonwork day, the first scheduled day preceding the holiday is designated as the employee’’s holiday except as provided in .415 and .422. 

434.415 When a holiday falls on a Sunday which is a nonscheduled workday for an employee, Monday is designated as the employee’’s holiday. However, if Mondayis also a nonscheduled workday, then Saturday is designated as the employee’’s holiday. For postal police officers, see the USPS-PPO Agreement. 

434.416 For all full-time postmasters, if a holiday falls on a Saturday which is a nonscheduled workday, the preceding Friday is designated as the postmaster’’s holiday. Where necessary, additional work hour allowances are authorized for those post offices without a senior supervisor to provide relief coverage during the postmaster’’s absence on holiday leave.

434.417 Holiday leave paid to an employee who is on a Continuation of Pay (COP) status should be recorded as holiday leave and is counted as one of the 45 calendar days of COP for OWCP purposes. 

434.418 When a full-time employee has partially overcome a compensable disability and is working a partial schedule under the rehabilitation program, holiday leave is payable up to the number of hours in the partial schedule. The remainder of the holiday leave pay is received from OWCP. 

434.42 Eligibility 
434.421 Eligibility chart: 
Employee Category Eligible 
Full-time Yes 
Part-time regular (See 434.422) 
Part-time flexible No 
Casual No 
Temporary No

434.422 Part-time regular employees including A ­E postmasters who are regularly scheduled to work a minimum of 5 days per service week are eligible for holiday leave pay in accordance with 434.41. Part-time regular employees who are regularly scheduled to work less than 5 days in a service week are ineligible unless the holiday falls on their scheduled workday. 

434.423 A full-time or part-time regular employee who is scheduled to actually work on a holiday or on a designated holiday, but does not work, is placed in LWOP status and does not receive holiday leave pay, unless such absence is based on an extreme emergency situation and the absence is excused by the employee’’s supervisor.

434.43 Pay Computation 

434.431 Eligible full-time and part-time regular employees require no specific authorization to be absent from work on a holiday or a designated holiday.

434.432 To receive holiday leave pay, employees must be in a pay status either the last scheduled hour before or the first scheduled hour after the holiday or designated holiday. However, paid leave for the last scheduled hour before or the first scheduled hour after the holiday or designated holiday, for an employee on extended Leave Without Pay is not approved for the purpose of qualifying the employee for holiday pay. 

434.433 Eligible employees are paid for the holiday at their basic hourly rate for those hours equal to their regular daily working schedule, not to exceed 8 hours. 

434.434 Holiday leave pay is in lieu of other paid leave to which an employee might otherwise be entitled on the designated holiday.

434.435 Holiday leave pay is payable in addition to compensation for hours actually worked on a designated holiday (see 434.5). 

434.5 Holiday-Worked Pay 
434.51 Policy 

434.511 Holiday-worked pay is paid to eligible employees for the hours worked on a recognized holiday or for the hours worked on the employee’’s designated holiday, except Christmas. (See 434.4 for recognized holidays.)

434.512 Christmas-worked pay is paid to eligible employees for the hours worked on Christmas day or the day designated as the employee’’s Christmas holiday. 

434.522 Part-time flexible employees receive Christmas-worked pay for up to 8 straight-time hours, only if they work on December 25. (See 432.21c.)