OPM Issues New Rules for Feds on Religious Holidays

Government Executive: The Office of Personnel Management published new rules Monday governing how federal employees can earn paid time off for religious observances that do not coincide with a federal holiday.

In final regulations posted in the Federal Register, OPM stated that beginning on May 29, federal workers will be able to take paid days off for religious holidays, provided they work overtime in the weeks before and after the observance at their normal rate of pay.

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