Chavez’s work and that of the United Farm Workers — the union he helped found — succeeded where countless efforts in the previous century had failed: improving pay and working conditions for farm laborers in the 1960s and 1970s, and paving the way for landmark legislation in 1975 that codified and guaranteed …

Cesar Chavez

Cesar Chavez is best known for his efforts to gain better working conditions for the thousands of workers who labored on farms for low wages and under severe conditions. Chavez and his United Farm Workers union battled California grape growers by holding nonviolent protests.

Cesar Chavez led protests against the inhumane treatment of migrant workers and eventually of all workers who were underpaid, poorly treated, and exploited by their bosses. He worked with African Americans, Puerto Ricans, Filipinos, and Chicanos most of all, but not only.

Although the federal government and state governments have established public holidays, it does not necessarily mean that all employers are required to give employees these days off work or pay employees premium pay for working on the designated holidays.

More On Holidays President’s Day is also known as Washington’s Birthday. Martin Luther King Jr. Cesar Chavez Day (March 31) is not a Holiday observed statewide. Although State of California employees get the day off, most school districts, businesses and federal employees still have to work.

Some supervisors say the Holiday moves while other supervisors say the employee’s regular day off moves. The rules basically are that if a holiday falls on an employee’s day off, then the day to be taken off, known as an ‘in lieu of day,’ is the day immediately before the employee’s day off on which the holiday falls.

The 10 (no, 11!) Federal Holidays Observed in 2021

• Friday, January 1 — New Year’s Day.
• Monday, January 18 — Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Monday, February 15 — Presidents Day.
• Monday, May 31 — Memorial Day.
• Sunday, July 4 — Independence Day (observed Monday, July 5)
• Monday, September 6 — Labor Day.

It is common to give employees premium pay if they work on a holiday. Typically, double-time pay is considered the premium pay. Double-time pay means you pay your employees double their regular hourly rates. So, if an employee normally earns $10 per hour, the same employee would earn $20 per double-time hour.

In addition, some federal employees will receive a 12th federal holiday in 2021, as Inauguration Day is also a federal holiday for those in the “Inauguration Day area.” On January 20, when Joe Biden is due to be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, it will also be a holiday for federal employees who …

2021. Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. *This holiday is designated as “Inauguration Day” in section 6103(c) of title 5 of the United States Code, which is the law that specifies holidays for Federal employees. For most Federal employees, Monday, July 5, will be treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes.

Holiday premium pay: For each hour of holiday work, employees receive holiday premium pay. Holiday premium pay is equal to an employee’s rate of basic pay. Employees who are required to work on a holiday during their tour of duty receive their rate of basic pay, plus holiday premium pay, for each hour of holiday work.