Growing number of businesses recognizing Juneteenth as paid holiday

By Zach Halaschak

Published June 19, 2023 4:30pm ET

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Growing number of businesses recognizing Juneteenth as paid holiday — Domino Holmes, left, of Dallas, and Chana Olse, of Ft. Worth, look at images on a phone in front of a Juneteenth balloon set at the inaugural Juneteenth on Main Block Party, in the Deep Ellum neighborhood of Dallas, on Sunday, June 18, 2023. | (Stewart F. House/AP)

The number of companies recognizing Juneteenth as a paid holiday increased again in 2023, two years after the day was named a federal holiday.

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