Presidents Day falls on Monday, February 17 this year, affecting both federal and private industries with varying paid holiday policies.

Otherwise, you'll need to be patient — because the next paid federal holiday is more than three months away. Each year, February, March, April, and most of May pass without a paid holiday ...

Most U.S. residents are entitled to 11 federal holidays throughout the year ... workers can maximize their paid time off by requesting vacation days that coincide with these long weekends.

It is up to individual employers to decide whether they offer time off or additional pay for work on federal holidays.

This did not become a paid holiday for all federal employees until 1885. The U.S. Postal Service, banks, the stock market and most schools will be closed on Presidents Day. Most retail and grocery ...

Today is Presidents Day, the third federal holiday in 2025. In the United States, there are 11 official federal holidays, but many other significant cultural, religious, and commemorative dates ...

In 1954, it was changed to Veterans Day to pay homage to all veterans. When Columbus Day was made a federal holiday in 1968, reasons included the fact that it was already an established holiday in ...

Adding to the list of similarly sycophantic efforts, a GOP congresswoman unveiled an actual bill to make Donald Trump’s birthday a federal holiday. By Steve Benen It might not be the most widely ...

Despite being a federal holiday honoring the nation’s highest office, Presidents' Day is not one that requires flags to be flown at half-staff. That's because flags are only lowered to recognize ...

Rep. Claudia Tenney introduced a bill that would make Trump’s birthday a federal holiday to recognize him as 'the founder of America's Golden Age.' ...

This did not become a paid holiday for all federal employees until 1885. Federal holidays are those the federal government observes, so anyone who works for the federal government generally has ...