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D.C. Municipal Regulations (Last Updated: September 13, 2017) |
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Title 6. PERSONNEL |
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SubTilte 6-B. GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL |
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Chapter 6-B12. HOURS OF WORK, LEGAL HOLIDAYS AND LEAVE |
Section 6-B1220. LEGAL PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
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1220.1Pursuant 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 1st of each year;
(b)Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday, the third (3rd) Monday in January of each year;
(c) Washington’s Birthday, the third (3rd) Monday in February of each year;
(d)Memorial Day, the last Monday in May of each year;
(e)Independence Day, July 4th of each year;
(f) Labor Day, the first (1st) Monday in September of each year;
(g)Columbus Day, the second (2nd) Monday in October of each year;
(h)Veterans Day, November 11th of each year;
(i) Thanksgiving Day, the fourth (4th) Thursday in November of each year;
(j) Christmas Day, December 25th of each year; and
(k)Beginning in the year 2007, District of Columbia Emancipation Day, April 16th of each year.
1220.2Pursuant 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.
1220.3The rules for determining holidays contained in section 1222 of this chapter shall not apply to Inauguration Day.
1220.4In 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.
1220.5There shall be no official observance of religious holidays except those that are also legal public holidays.
1220.6An 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.