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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
If you include sick leave, 13 days, vacation, 26 days (for those with 15 years of service), and holidays, 11, it comes to 50 days off. And, the day after Thanksgiving is often added as a day off, by the President.
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No, you are mistaken. The Friday after Thanksgiving is NOT often given to Federal Employees as a day off. Sometimes it is (that is at the discretion of the commander in chief); but most often it is considered a "liberal leave" day (which means that most everyone can take that day off using their annual leave as long as there is at least one person in the office that covers phone calls). I retired this past December and had a compressed work schedule that usually always fell on that particular Friday. When it didn't I took annual leave. I can only remember a few times that we got that Friday off by executive order.