Pay for Holidays after retirement

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   Ed,

I recently retired from DHS/ICE with 387 hours AL for which I was paid.  I noted in my Earnings statement they did not pay me for any future holidays that would have come within those 387 hours had I been on leave instead of retired.

Is the pay for holidays a postal-specific rule, or does it apply to all agencies?    If it is a govt-wide rule applying to all agencies, where might I find a citation as to the rule?  

Thanks for any info you can provide.

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texarkandy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advisor Joined: 12 Jan 2008 Posts: 153	Post Options Post Reply Quote texarkandy Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Pay for Holidays after retirement Posted: 03 Nov 2009 at 10:48pm
	Ed, I recently retired from DHS/ICE with 387 hours AL for which I was paid. I noted in my Earnings statement they did not pay me for any future holidays that would have come within those 387 hours had I been on leave instead of retired. Is the pay for holidays a postal-specific rule, or does it apply to all agencies? If it is a govt-wide rule applying to all agencies, where might I find a citation as to the rule? Thanks for any info you can provide.

Ed Zurndorfer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 10 Sep 2001 Posts: 2877	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ed Zurndorfer Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 05 Nov 2009 at 3:33am
	It is an OPM and therefore a government-wide employee rule. While retiring employees get paid for unused annual leave in a lump sum payment, they are not paid as "holiday pay" for any of the annual leave that would be a federal holiday in the future. The leave is paid as a regular work pay.