Easter has never been a federal holiday. Some businesses choose to close, some choose to pay their emoloyees extra for working that day, but no one has to.
During the pandemic I delivered for Amazon and I chose to work weekends (less traffic, no business deliveries) so of course I worked Easter Sunday……the amount of people that seemed upset for me “having” to work that day while they expected their things to be delivered was comical!
Here are the 10 Federal time and a half (if you're working) or just paid regular (if you're not) holidays in the US this year:
2022 / 2023 Federal Holiday Schedule
Holiday Name Day of Week 2022 Observed Date
New Year's Day †Friday December 31st, 2021
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Monday January 17th, 2022
Washington's Birthday Monday February 21st, 2022
Memorial Day Monday May 30th, 2022
Juneteenth Independence Day †Monday June 20th, 2022
Independence Day Monday July 4th, 2022
Labor Day Monday September 5th, 2022
Columbus Day Monday October 10th, 2022
Veterans Day Friday November 11th, 2022
Thanksgiving Day Thursday November 24th, 2022
Christmas Day †Monday December 26th, 2022