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Patriot Direct Deposit Bank Holidays

Like all payroll companies, Patriot is subject to following the holiday schedule set by Federal Reserve.  When a bank holiday falls within a payroll week, you will need to add an extra day to your process.

  • If a holiday falls on a day other than your pay date, you will need to run payroll one day earlier than normal in order for employees to be paid on the scheduled pay date.  Standard 4-Day will need to run payroll at least 5 days before the pay date. Prefunding will need to run payroll at least 2 days before the pay date.
  • If a holiday falls on a pay date, your employees will not get paid until the following banking day.  To avoid this, you can pay your employees one day earlier. This means you will need to run payroll one day earlier.

For more details, see Direct Deposit Funding and Timing Options.

Holiday20232024
New Year’s Day January 1**January 1
Martin Luther King Jr. DayJanuary 16January 15
President’s DayFebruary 20February 19
Memorial DayMay 29May 27
Juneteenth National Independence DayJune 19June 19
Independence DayJuly 4July 4
Labor DaySeptember 4September 2
Columbus DayOctober 9October 14
Veterans DayNovember 11*November 11
Thanksgiving DayNovember 23November 28
Christmas Day December 25December 25
Federal Reserve Banking Holidays

*Holiday falls on a Saturday, Federal Reserve Banks and Branches will be open the preceding Friday with no interruption to direct deposit timing.
**Holiday falls on a Sunday; Federal Reserve Banks and Branches will be closed the following Monday.

For further reading, see our blog article What Happens If a Payday Falls on a Bank Holiday?

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