Are part-time or intermittent employees entitled to in-lieu-of holidays?
A. No, there is no authority to grant in-lieu-of holidays to part-time or intermittent employees. Part-time employees are entitled to a holiday only if they have a regularly scheduled nonovertime basic tour of duty on the actual holiday (i.e., on Saturday, January 1, 2000). Agencies may exercise their discretionary authority to grant excused absence (administrative leave) to part-time employees whose offices are closed on a day when most full-time employees have an in-lieu-of holiday (e.g., on Friday, December 31, 1999). However, a part-time employee who works on Friday, December 31, 1999, would not receive holiday premium pay even if that day is an in-lieu-of holiday for most full-time employees. Q. Do employees receive pay for a holiday if one occurs on the day after they resign or retire? A. No. However, an employee for whom Friday, December 31, 1999, is an in-lieu-of holiday will be entitled to receive pay for the holiday if his or her resignation or retirement is made effective as
