re: #235 mmmirele

The Federal Reserve is processing transactions today but the Fed itself is mostly shut down. Presumably the only people on are those needed to watch the lines and make sure everything goes through. Apparently Juneteenth is going to be celebrated on the nearest Friday or Monday to the actual day. So this year, on June 18, next year on June 20 (a Monday). We (bank employees) have not heard how they’re going to handle Juneteenth, but if the Fed is going to shut down, then it will probably be a regular holiday for us. If the Fed remains up, it’s a regular work day and we get a floating holiday.

Personally, I’d be much happier if Election Day had been made a holiday.

We were told that OPM issued directives that Juneteenth is treated like every other Federal holiday. If the actual day falls on a Saturday then Friday is when the holiday is observed. If the actual day falls on a Sunday then Monday is when the holiday is observed.

Now we need a holiday between President’s Day in February and Memorial Day in May. Tom Jefferson’s birthday is April 13th. Would be nice to make that a holiday.

As for Election Day, why not move it to Veteran’s Day in November?