§ 610.202 Determining the holiday

5 CFR 610.202For purposes of pay and leave, the day to be treated as a holiday is determined as follows:

5 CFR 610.202(a)(a) Except when employees are entitled to a different holiday under 5 U.S.C. 6103(b)(3), an employee's holiday is the day designated by 5 U.S.C. 6103(a) whenever part of the employee's basic workweek (as defined in § 610.102) or basic work requirement (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 6121(3)) is scheduled on that day.

5 CFR 610.202(b)(b) When a holiday falls on a nonworkday outside an employee's basic workweek, the day to be treated as his or her holiday is determined in accordance with sections 6103 (b) and (d) of title 5, United States Code, and Executive Order 11582.

5 CFR 610.202(c)(c) When an agency determines the holiday in accordance with section 6103(d) of title 5, United States Code, for an employee under a compressed work schedule, the agency shall select a workday for the holiday that is in the same biweekly pay period as the date of the actual holiday designated under 5 U.S.C. 6103(a) or in the biweekly pay period immediately preceding or following that pay period.

5 CFR 610.202(d)(d) The provisions of section 6103(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code, on determining holidays for certain employees at duty posts outside the United States apply to covered employees who are working outside the United States at a permanent or temporary station or under travel orders. For the purpose of section 6103(b)(3), United States includes—

5 CFR 610.202(d)(1)(1) A State of the United States;

5 CFR 610.202(d)(2)(2) The District of Columbia;

5 CFR 610.202(d)(3)(3) Puerto Rico;

5 CFR 610.202(d)(4)(4) The U.S. Virgin Islands;

5 CFR 610.202(d)(5)(5) Outer Continental Shelf Lands, as defined in the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (67 Stat. 462);

5 CFR 610.202(d)(6)(6) American Samoa;

5 CFR 610.202(d)(7)(7) Guam;

5 CFR 610.202(d)(8)(8) Midway Atoll;

5 CFR 610.202(d)(9)(9) Wake Island;

5 CFR 610.202(d)(10)(10) Johnston Island; and

5 CFR 610.202(d)(11)(11) Palmyra.