| State of Mississippi Holiday
Schedule |
The mandated state holiday schedule as listed in the State
Personnel Board Handbook follows. It is within the discretion of the Legislature to allow
additional days for any of the listed holidays. Specific dates for these holidays will be
posted on the Commission Business Schedule page as they approach.
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From the Mississippi State Employee Handbook:
The legal holidays are as follows:
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| January 1: |
New Year's Day |
| The 3rd Monday in
January: |
Robert E. Lee's birthday & Dr.
Martin Luther King's birthday |
| The 3rd Monday in
February: |
Washington's birthday (President Day) |
| The last Monday in
April: |
Confederate Memorial Day |
| The last Monday in
May: |
National Memorial Day and Jefferson
Davis's birthday |
| July 4: |
Independence Day |
| The 1st Monday in
September: |
Labor Day |
| November 11: |
Armistice (Veteran's) Day |
A day fixed by
proclamation by the Governor of Mississippi as a day of
Thanksgiving, which shall be fixed to correspond to the date proclaimed by
the President of the United States: |
Thanksgiving Day |
| December 25: |
Christmas Day
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| Provided, however, that in the event any holiday hereinbefore
declared legal shall fall on Saturday or Sunday, then the following Monday shall be a
legal holiday. |
