Yes, people TAKE OFF the day between the weekend an the holiday when the holiday is on Tuesday or thursday. They are not GIVEN that day off, like OP said.

4th of July falls into the same category as Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years in that the day off is given on the day of. As mentioned previously, if the 4th (or any of those other aforementioned holidays) falls on a weekend, then you get an in-lieu-of holiday, which is the Friday before if the holiday is on Saturday and the Monday after if the holiday is on Sunday. When the holiday does not fall on a Wednesday, typically the "4th of July weekend" is the one closest to the actual holiday, since people often take the lone day between it and the weekend off. It's a crap shoot when the 4th falls during the middle of the week.

MLK, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day and Columbus Day are all observed holidays, and those traditionally fall on a Monday.

See the following for more details.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_States

This is truly an odd post. 4th of July is on Wednesday, so that's the day most people are getting off. There's no "weekend," per se.

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Anonymous wrote:On what planet do companies give two full paid holidays for Fourth of July?

Earth. The last three corporations I've worked for, except for this year...

I'm not 15:48 And I have NEVER heard that before! Ever. I would be very interested in knowing what companies are so generous. And where do I send in my resume.

Anonymous wrote:On what planet do companies give two full paid holidays for Fourth of July?

Earth. The last three corporations I've worked for, except for this year...

On what planet do companies give two full paid holidays for Fourth of July?

Anonymous wrote:This isn't really that strange. It happens everytime the holiday falls on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday.

Yes but if it falls on Tuesday many people take or companies give Monday off (non-Feds), same goes with Thur-Fri. So the holiday weekend is still apparent. I have family flying in the weekend before, but obviously it could go either way.

Anonymous wrote:This isn't really that strange. It happens everytime the holiday falls on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday.

Exactly! The reason they change the day you observe the holiday is just so people can actually HAVE a holiday, if it falls on Saturday or Sunday, not to give you a three-day weekend nor to make it convenient to throw a party. You pick either the weekend before or the weekend after to call it 4th of July weekend and that's about it.

I own my own business, so I always work! All I remember is that in grad. school holidays were always shifted to make long weekends. I'm just inviting a lot of neighbors who are feds.

This isn't really that strange. It happens everytime the holiday falls on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday.

Anonymous wrote:Is it the weekend before the 4th or after? I googled it and it says the federal holiday is on the Wed. Really? It's not observed the Monday before or the Friday after?
Trying to plan a party when people will be in town.

Um, have you never worked when the holiday fell on a Wednesday?

strange! so do y'all think most people will be here the weekend before or after?

The legal holiday is only on a Monday or Friday if the holiday falls on a weekend. Since it is on a Wednesday this year, you get to pick which weekend you want to call the "4th of July weekend", but you don't get a three-day weekend out of it. It works the same way for all holidays that fall of specific dates.(Christmas, New Years, etc)

Feds only get the actual 4th off.

If it falls on a Saturday- get the Friday off. Falls on a Sunday- get Monday.


Usu. have 2 hr early release day before (this case tues).

Is it the weekend before the 4th or after? I googled it and it says the federal holiday is on the Wed. Really? It's not observed the Monday before or the Friday after?
Trying to plan a party when people will be in town.