The following legal public holidays for federal employees will be observed in calendar year 2012:

New Year’s Day - Monday, January 2, 2012*

Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.- Monday, January 16th

Washington’s Birthday - Monday, February 20th

Memorial Day - Monday, May 28th

Independence Day - Wednesday, July 4th

Labor Day - Monday, September 3rd

Columbus Day - Monday, October 8th

Veterans Day -Monday, November 12th**

Thanksgiving Day - Thursday, November 22nd

Christmas Day - Tuesday, December 25

New Years’s Day- Tuesday, January 1, 2013

* January 1, 2012 (the legal public holiday for New Year’s Day), falls on Sunday. For most Federal employees, Monday, January 2, 2012 will be treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes. (See section 3(a) of Executive order 11582, February 11, 1971.)

** November 11, 2012 (the legal public holiday for Veterans Day), falls on Sunday. For most Federal employees, Monday, November 12, will be treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes. (See section 3(a) of Executive order 11582, February 11, 1971.)