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title: "5 U.S.C. § 6124"
description: "Flexible schedules; holidays"
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title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
chapter_number: "61"
chapter_name: "HOURS OF WORK"
section: "6124"
citation: "5 U.S.C. § 6124"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
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# 5 U.S.C. § 6124 - Flexible schedules; holidays

## Text

Notwithstanding sections 6103 and 6104 of this title, if any employee on a flexible schedule under section 6122 of this title is relieved or prevented from working on a day designated as a holiday by Federal statute or Executive order, such employee is entitled to pay with respect to that day for 8 hours (or, in the case of a part-time employee, an appropriate portion of the employee’s biweekly basic work requirement as determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management).

(Added Pub. L. 97–221, § 2(a)(2), July 23, 1982, 96 Stat. 229.)