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Federal Holiday

In the United States, a Federal holiday is a holiday for which federal workers are excused from work. The ten currently recognized Federal holidays are:

No law compels state or private employers to honor these holidays, but most of them are commonly granted as days off to state or private employees nonetheless.

The UK equivalent is a Bank Holiday.



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