D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-B1220

Current through Register Vol. 71, No. 49, December 6, 2024

Rule 6-B1220 - LEGAL PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

1220.1

Pursuant to section 1202(a) of the CMPA (D.C. Official Code § 1-612.02(a) (2011 Supp.)) the following days are legal public holidays for District government employees covered by this chapter:

(a) New Year's Day, January 1^st of each year;

(b) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, the third (3^rd) Monday in January of each year;

(c) Washington's Birthday, the third (3^rd) Monday in February of each year;

(d) Memorial Day, the last Monday in May of each year;

(e) Independence Day, July 4^th of each year;

(f) Labor Day, the first (1^st) Monday in September of each year;

(g) Columbus Day, the second (2^nd) Monday in October of each year;

(h) Veterans Day, November 11^th of each year;

(i) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth (4^th) Thursday in November of each year;

(j) Christmas Day, December 25^th of each year; and

(k) Beginning in the year 2007, District of Columbia Emancipation Day, April 16^th of each year.

1220.2

Pursuant to section 1202(c)(1) of the CMPA (D.C. Official Code § 1-612.02(c)1)) (2006), January 20 of each year following the year in which a Presidential election is held, Inauguration Day, shall be a legal public holiday for all employees scheduled to work on that day. When January 20 of any such year falls on a Sunday, the next succeeding day selected for the public observance of the inauguration of the President shall be a legal public holiday for all employees scheduled to work on that day.

1220.3

The rules for determining holidays contained in section 1222 of this chapter shall not apply to Inauguration Day.

1220.4

In addition to the legal public holidays set forth in sections 1220.1 and 1220.2 of this section, the Mayor may designate other days or portions of a day as legal public holidays.

1220.5

There shall be no official observance of religious holidays except those that are also legal public holidays.

1220.6

An employee whose personal religious beliefs require him or her to abstain from working during certain periods of time shall be entitled to reasonable accommodation as provided in section 1206 of this chapter or, at his or her request, may be granted annual leave, compensatory time, or leave without pay, as appropriate.

D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 6, r. 6-B1220

Final Rulemaking published at 54 DCR 11538 (November 30, 2007); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 2690, 2693 (April 6, 2012)

Authority: The Director of the D.C. Department of Human Resources, with the concurrence of the City Administrator, pursuant to Mayor's Order 2008-92, dated June 26, 2008, and in accordance with Title XII of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (CMPA), effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 1-612.11 (2006 Repl.)).