5 USC § 6124 - Flexible schedules; holidays

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s6124"
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title: "5 USC § 6124 - Flexible schedules; holidays"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "6124"
section_name: "Flexible schedules; holidays"
chapter_number: 61
chapter_name: "HOURS OF WORK"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "FLEXIBLE AND COMPRESSED WORK SCHEDULES"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 97–221, § 2(a)(2), July 23, 1982, 96 Stat. 229.)"
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# § 6124. Flexible schedules; holidays

section 6122 of this title

Notwithstanding sections 6103 and 6104 of this title, if any employee on a flexible schedule under  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).

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