This year, the Juneteenth National Independence Federal Holiday falls on a Monday. Additionally, Secretary Vilsack authorized employees to use two hours of administrative leave between June 16th and July 15th.

Administrative Leave

• You must obtain supervisor approval to use this administrative leave.
• You don’t need to use all two hours on the same day, but you must use it between June 16th and July 15th. You can combine it with other leave.
• You may only use this leave during your normal scheduled tour of duty.
• Employees in a continuous period of non-pay status may not be placed in a pay status solely to receive the two hours of administrative leave.
• Code your timesheet using Other Leave, “Transaction Code (TC) 66” when using the administrative leave, and please note it in the remarks section of Paycheck8.

Juneteenth Federal Holiday

This year, Juneteenth falls on a Monday. As with all holidays, code your time to Transaction Code 66 with Descriptor Code 21. Refer to the HRM Leave webpage for how to code your time if you need to work on the holiday or to understand how in-lieu of holidays work.

Help is available

Open an HR Help case:

• Call: 1-877-372-7248, Press 2.
• Email: hrm_contact_center@usda.gov.
• Self-Service: ConnectHR, then select HR Help. For detailed instructions, visit the HR Help How-to Add a Case Guide.