HOLIDAYS

STATE EMPLOYEE HOLIDAYS

In Maryland, State employee holidays include each statewide general election day, and each other day that the President of the United States or the Governor designates for general cessation of business (Chapter 347, Acts of 1996; Code State Personnel and Pensions Article, sec. 9-201).

1998
January 1	New Year's Day
January 15	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday*
February 16 (third Monday)	Presidents' Day
May 30	Memorial Day*
July 4	Independence Day
September 7 (first Monday)	Labor Day
October 12	Columbus Day*
November 3	Election Day
November 11	Veterans' Day
November 26 (fourth Thursday)	Thanksgiving Day
November 27 (fourth Friday)	Friday after Thanksgiving Day
December 25	Christmas Day

*If the U.S. Congress designates another day for observance, the day named by Congress becomes the legal date.

HOLIDAYS

STATE EMPLOYEE HOLIDAYS

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