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Title 5 — Government Organization and EmployeesRelease 119-73

§6104 Holidays; daily, hourly, and piece-work basis employees

Title 5 › Part PART III— - EMPLOYEES › Subpart Subpart E— - Attendance and Leave › Chapter CHAPTER 61— - HOURS OF WORK › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - GENERAL PROVISIONS › § 6104

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a regular federal worker or a regular District of Columbia worker who is paid by the day, hour, or by piece is kept from working on a day, the rule applies when that day is one of three types. It covers days when offices are closed by an Executive order (or by the Mayor for DC), days closed by an administrative order under rules from the President (or the DC Council for DC), or days that are legal public holidays or other holidays declared by law, Executive order, or the Mayor. Regular employee: a federal employee as defined in section 2105. DC employee: a regularly employed worker for the District of Columbia.

Full Legal Text

Title 5, §6104

Government Organization and Employees — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

When a regular employee as defined by section 2105 of this title or an individual employed regularly by the government of the District of Columbia, whose pay is fixed at a daily or hourly rate, or on a piece-work basis, is relieved or prevented from working on a day—
(1)on which agencies are closed by Executive order, or, for individuals employed by the government of the District of Columbia, by order of the Mayor;
(2)by administrative order under regulations issued by the President, or, for individuals employed by the government of the District of Columbia, by the Council of the District of Columbia; or
(3)solely because of the occurrence of a legal public holiday under section 6103 of this title, or a day declared a holiday by Federal statute, Executive order, or, for individuals employed by the government of the District of Columbia, by order of the Mayor;

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large 5 U.S.C. 86a.
June 29, 1938, ch. 818, § 1, 52 Stat. 1246.
June 11, 1954, ch. 283, 68 Stat. 249.
July 18, 1958, Pub. L. 85–533, § 2, 72 Stat. 377. The enumeration of holidays is eliminated as unnecessary in view of section 6103. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1979—Pub. L. 96–54 substituted “Mayor” for “Commissioner” in pars. (1) and (3), and “Council of the District of Columbia” for “District of Columbia Council” in par. (2). 1968—Pub. L. 90–623 substituted “Commissioner” for “Board of Commissioners” in pars. (1) and (3), and “District of Columbia Council” for “Board of Commissioners” in par. (2).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1979 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–54 effective July 12, 1979, see section 2(b) of Pub. L. 96–54, set out as a note under section 305 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1968 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 90–623 intended to restate without substantive change the law in effect on Oct. 22, 1968, see section 6 of Pub. L. 90–623, set out as a note under section 5334 of this title.

Executive Documents

Ex. Ord. No. 10552. Delegation of Authority To Promulgate

Regulations

Ex. Ord. No. 10552, Aug. 10, 1954, 19 F.R. 5079, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 12107, Dec. 28, 1978, 44 F.R. 1055, provided: By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, 65 Stat. 713, it is declared that the Office of Personnel Management be, and it is hereby, designated and empowered to exercise, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President, the authority vested in the President by the joint resolution of
June 29, 1938, 52 Stat. 1246, as amended by the act of
June 11, 1954, 68 Stat. 249 [this section], to promulgate

Regulations

under which certain employees of the Government may be prevented or relieved from working by administrative order.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

5 U.S.C. § 6104

Title 5 — Government Organization and Employees

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73