Odds of Feds getting July 5 off?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Zero. The IRS is furloughed.

+1. Not only that, but they don't give Thanksgiving Friday as a paid holiday, so why would they give this one? Especially in a year with sequestration going on and a HUGE focus on federal spending. That would be political and media suicide to even consider this, so I think you have a slightly better chance of having an ice cube last the day on the sidewalk than you have of getting the day off paid. Yes, my spouse will be home unpaid on that day due to the above-mentioned furlough.

[Anonymous]

We won't get it. We don't get the day off after Thanksgiving, EVER, so why would we get the day after July 4th?

By the way, we Feds. also pay taxes. Therefore, the argument could be made that we pay our own salaries and, thus, are self-employed.

[Anonymous]

Doubt it. But I do expect to get early release.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We won't get it. We don't get the day off after Thanksgiving, EVER, so why would we get the day after July 4th?

By the way, we Feds. also pay taxes. Therefore, the argument could be made that we pay our own salaries and, thus, are self-employed.

Because it only comes aroung periodically as opposed to every year.

[Anonymous]

Nope. Military all has off, so it'll just be me in. Office because other to civilians don't come in when thre is a holiday like that (Thursday with Friday work day or Tuesday off with Monday work day) so I plan on enjoying that while not wasting a day of leave

[Anonymous]

I wish! But, no, I don't think it will happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero. The IRS is furloughed.

+1. Not only that, but they don't give Thanksgiving Friday as a paid holiday, so why would they give this one? Especially in a year with sequestration going on and a HUGE focus on federal spending. That would be political and media suicide to even consider this, so I think you have a slightly better chance of having an ice cube last the day on the sidewalk than you have of getting the day off paid. Yes, my spouse will be home unpaid on that day due to the above-mentioned furlough.

This is exactly the rationale people used about Dec. 24th 2012 and were dead wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero. The IRS is furloughed.

+1. Not only that, but they don't give Thanksgiving Friday as a paid holiday, so why would they give this one? Especially in a year with sequestration going on and a HUGE focus on federal spending. That would be political and media suicide to even consider this, so I think you have a slightly better chance of having an ice cube last the day on the sidewalk than you have of getting the day off paid. Yes, my spouse will be home unpaid on that day due to the above-mentioned furlough.

This is exactly the rationale people used about Dec. 24th 2012 and were dead wrong.

Wrong. December 24th is off or a half day occasionally. July 4 is not. But much more importantly, if they gave it off, it would mess with the furlough and cause the IRS and other budgets to be screwed up even more. There is no way that they would do that!

[Anonymous]

http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/Docs/News/7-5-2013%20Court%20Order.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/Docs/News/7-5-2013%20Court%20Order.pdf

The court will be closed, but that does not mean that employees will not still be at work. There's still a lot of work that goes on at the courthouse outside of actual court sessions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zero. The IRS is furloughed.

+1. Not only that, but they don't give Thanksgiving Friday as a paid holiday, so why would they give this one? Especially in a year with sequestration going on and a HUGE focus on federal spending. That would be political and media suicide to even consider this, so I think you have a slightly better chance of having an ice cube last the day on the sidewalk than you have of getting the day off paid. Yes, my spouse will be home unpaid on that day due to the above-mentioned furlough.

This is exactly the rationale people used about Dec. 24th 2012 and were dead wrong.

But at the time, the sequestration had not actually started and there was some hope that there were still be a budget approved by the following week deadline on Dec 31. Here, we are actually in sequestration, agencies are trying to come up with ways to save that 10% budget cut and some agencies are already furloughed. With the current conditions, it would be a logistical nightmare for them to try to give an administrative leave day on a day when there are tens of thousands of employees already furloughed. The situations are quite different.

[Anonymous]

EPA is off - mandatory furlough day. Same with Friday before Labor Day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov/Docs/News/7-5-2013%20Court%20Order.pdf

The court will be closed, but that does not mean that employees will not still be at work. There's still a lot of work that goes on at the courthouse outside of actual court sessions.

No, the buildings are closed, Security Guards are vastly downsized, and no Circuit Court employees are expected to report to work. District Bankruptcy Courts and U.S. Attorneys' Offices in the Circuit usually follow suit.

YMMV.

[Anonymous]

HUD has a mandatory furlough day on July 5th, as well as the Friday before Labor Day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Doubt it. But I do expect to get early release.

What is it? Did they give this last year?