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State Holidays

Team members receive twelve and a half paid holidays each year (13.5 in years with a presidential election), in addition to monthly sick, annual, compensatory leave and a number of special leave options.

2025

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday - Monday, January 20, 2025 
Good Friday (1/2 day) - Friday, April 18, 2025 
Memorial Day - Monday, May 26, 2025 
Juneteenth - Thursday, June 19, 2025 
Independence Day - Friday, July 4, 2025 
Labor Day - Monday, September 1, 2025 
Veterans Day - Tuesday, November 11, 2025 
Thanksgiving - Thursday, November 27, 2025 & Friday, November 28, 2025 
Christmas - Thursday, December 25, 2025 & Friday, December 26, 2025 
New Year’s – Thursday, January 1, 2026 & Friday, January 2, 2026

Leave

State employees enjoy the benefit of many types of leave. Leave can be paid or unpaid. Some examples of leave include: annual, sick, compensatory (also known as 'comp') and even family medical leave. Read more.