# SSA Offers Voluntary Holiday Work

Social Security Administration employees have discussed voluntary holiday work offers, including for Labor Day and Columbus Day, with telework reportedly available. The discussions cite workload and staffing pressures, but provide no official directive confirming that holiday work will be offered for every federal holiday or become mandatory. Commenters describe the compensation as regular-rate pay in addition to holiday pay and note that overtime eligibility and rates may vary; concerns about mandatory work or changes to exempt status are speculation, not confirmed policy.

- For contractors and procurement teams supporting SSA, these employee discussions do not establish a change to agency operating requirements, a solicitation, or a contracting opportunity.
- Organizations planning SSA service coverage should not treat the reported holiday offers as an agency-wide schedule or mandatory staffing requirement; base staffing assumptions on confirmed direction and applicable contract terms.
- The reports point to workload and staffing pressures, but provide no quantified demand, contract scope, or funding information that would support a specific procurement response.

**Jurisdictions:** federal
**Published:** October 08, 2026

### Government Entities
- Social Security Administration (SSA)

### Key Quotes
> Yep, they are basically only giving you straight time so there is no REAL incentive to work, you already get the straight time cause of the Vacation pay. They need to make the pay per hour worth it, Free time is harder and harder to come by, asking us to come in on one of the 8 standard federal holidays needs to be worth it in the pocket.
> — Community commenter

> The last I hear that nothing has been set in stone but most likely they are going to offer it going forward, except for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
> — Commenter

> How long before it goes from being optional to required? How long before we work 16 hours a day 7 days a week and are classified as FLSA exempt so the agency can make us work for free?
> — Original poster

### Sources
- [Are we expecting Holiday work for SSA for every holiday from now on?](https://www.reddit.com/r/fednews/comments/1x0rh8v/are_we_expecting_holiday_work_for_ssa_for_every) - reddit-fednews
- [Are we expecting Holiday work for SSA for every holiday from now on?](https://www.reddit.com/r/FedEmployees/comments/1x0rhc3/are_we_expecting_holiday_work_for_ssa_for_every) - reddit-fedemployees