2023 State Holidays
As stated in KRS 18A.190, KRS 2.110 and KRS 2.190, state offices shall be closed and state
employees shall be given a holiday on the following days:
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday Monday, January 16, 2023
Good Friday (1/2 day) Friday, April 7, 2023
Memorial Day Monday, May 29, 2023
Independence Day Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Labor Day Monday, September 4, 2023
Veterans Day Friday, November 10, 2023
Thanksgiving Thursday, November 23, 2023
Friday, November 24, 2023
Christmas Monday, December 25, 2023
Tuesday, December 26, 2023
New Year’s Day Friday, December 29, 2023
Monday, January 1, 2024
These statutory provisions apply to all active employees. No criteria with respect to work
schedules are applicable in determining eligibility for holiday pay. All active employees are to
receive holiday pay, regardless of whether the employee is scheduled to work on that particular
holiday. Please take the necessary steps to ensure compliance with the following:
- Full-time employees are to receive either 7.5 or 8.0 hours of holiday pay, based on the
employee’s work-week schedule. This also applies to full-time interim employees. - Part-time employees are to receive 3.75 or 4.0 hours of holiday pay, based on the
employee’s work-week schedule. This also applies to part-time interim employees.
https://jeffersonpva.ky.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2023-State-Holidays.pdf
