Paid Holidays 2024 Usa Government. Monday, february 19th (3rd monday in february) memorial day: Employees employed through the federal government receive compensation for their time off, also known as a paid holiday.

Federal holidays that fall on saturday are celebrated on the preceding friday and federal holidays that fall on sunday will be celebrated on the following monday. Beginning on january 1, 2024 new year’s day will be a federal holiday honoring new years and will be treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes.