Christmas Eve Holiday For Feds

Christmas eve is now a federal holiday december 24th is extra special this year.

Christmas eve holiday for feds. 24 when christmas eve fell on a tuesday. Trump has been fairly consistent about granting a pre christmas holiday. In 2019 he closed most government agencies and executive departments for eight hours on christmas eve a monday.

Roosevelt to grant the day off on dec. Christmas falls on a friday in 2020 so christmas eve is on thursday december 24th. President trump makes christmas eve a federal holiday.

He closed federal agencies last year the first president since franklin d. President donald trump issued an executive order designating christmas eve 2020 as a federal holiday. On friday president trump signed an executive order that will consider christmas eve a federal holiday in the us.

Feds get a full day off for christmas eve. Under the executive order all executive departments and agencies of the federal government shall be closed and their employees excused from duty on thursday 24 december 2020 the day before christmas. Christmas eve falls on a thursday this year and it was previously expected that the.

Again in 2019 he granted eight hours of additional time off for most federal employees on christmas eve when that day fell on a tuesday. The news was a welcome surprise for workers who expected at most a half day. Trump also gave federal employees the day off back in 2018 when christmas eve fell on a monday.

There is no guarantee that presidents will grant federal employees extra time off around christmas. Christmas will fall on a friday and the last three times that has happened presidents have granted most of the federal workforce except essential workers an extra half day of break on christmas. President trump on friday signed an order giving federal workers a paid day off work on christmas eve.