{"id":9483,"date":"2015-12-15T19:26:02","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T19:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2015\/12\/15\/feds-get-half-day-on-christmas-eve\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:25:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:25:40","slug":"feds-get-half-day-on-christmas-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2015\/12\/15\/feds-get-half-day-on-christmas-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds get half day on Christmas Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal employees&#8217; bid to petition the White House for a day off from work on Christmas Eve <a href=\"https:\/\/petitions.whitehouse.gov\/petition\/give-federal-employees-christmas-eve-paid-holiday\" title=\"https:\/\/petitions.whitehouse.gov\/petition\/give-federal-employees-christmas-eve-paid-holiday\">fell short by more than 70,000 signatures<\/a> but the administration decided to meet them half way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Barack Obama signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2015\/12\/11\/executive-order-half-day-closing-executive-departments-and-agencies\" title=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2015\/12\/11\/executive-order-half-day-closing-executive-departments-and-agencies\">an executive order<\/a> granting feds a paid half day on Dec. 24. The order says all agencies should close up and let their employees leave early, unless they serve an essential function and have to stay open, as determined by the agency head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i><b>FREE WEBCAST: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/event.on24.com\/eventRegistration\/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&amp;referrer=&amp;eventid=1101229&amp;sessionid=1&amp;key=C0B72CDC4E9FBBD6941FEE9E75ED66C0&amp;regTag=&amp;sourcepage=register\" title=\"https:\/\/event.on24.com\/eventRegistration\/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&amp;referrer=&amp;eventid=1101229&amp;sessionid=1&amp;key=C0B72CDC4E9FBBD6941FEE9E75ED66C0&amp;regTag=&amp;sourcepage=register\">Register now to hear from FCC CIO David Bray on how agencies can do big IT on smaller budgets<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Postal Service and contract employees should ask their managers whether the executive order extends to their work schedules, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chcoc.gov\/content\/excusing-federal-employees-duty-last-half-scheduled-workday-thursday-december-24-2015\" title=\"https:\/\/www.chcoc.gov\/content\/excusing-federal-employees-duty-last-half-scheduled-workday-thursday-december-24-2015\">a memo<\/a> from the Office of Personnel Management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OPM also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chcoc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/Questions and Answers on Pay and Leave Administration for December 24 and 25%2C 2015_0.pdf\" title=\"https:\/\/www.chcoc.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/Questions and Answers on Pay and Leave Administration for December 24 and 25%2C 2015_0.pdf\">issued a FAQ<\/a>, including what the paid half day means for feds who already scheduled time off and answering specific questions about pay entitlement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last time President Obama made Dec. 24 a half day was 2009; he gave feds the whole day off on Christmas Eve 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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