51 RULE XIII
HOLIDAYS
Section 1. Holidays Observed: The City’s observed paid holidays are as follows:
1. New Year’s Day (January 1)
1.2. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (observed the third Monday in January)
2.3. President’s Day (observed the third Monday in February)
3.4. Memorial Day (observed the last Monday in May)
4.5. Independence Day (July 4)
5.6. Labor Day (observed the first Monday in September)
6.7. Veteran’s Day (November 11)
7.8. Thanksgiving Day
8.9. Day following Thanksgiving Day
9.10. Christmas Eve (December 24)
10.11. Christmas Day (December 25)
11.12. Eighteen (18) Floating Holiday Hours
Holidays which fall on Saturday shall be observed the preceding Friday and holidays which fall on Sunday shall be observed on the following Monday.
Paid holidays are only for the observed days.
If an observed holiday falls on a nine (9) hour work day under the 9/80 work schedule, those employees on the 9/80 schedule shall receive nine (9) hours of holiday pay and those employees on a traditional work schedule shall receive eight (8) hours of holiday pay.
If an observed holiday falls on an eight (8) hour work day under the 9/80 work schedule, those employees on the 9/80 schedule shall receive eight (8) hours of holiday pay and those employees on the traditional work schedule shall receive eight (8) hours of holiday pay.
If a full-time employee is scheduled to work on a City observed holiday, they can opt to convert the eight (8) or nine (9) hours of holiday pay into floating holiday leave subject to the provisions of Section 2 below.
Section 2. Floating Holidays:
(a) Each full-time employee is allowed eighteen (18) hours floating holiday per calendar year, January through December. Regular part-time employees are allowed prorated floating holiday hours per calendar year, January through December based upon hours scheduled to work. (b) Floating Holiday hours are not cumulative and must be used during the above period or said employee will lose the allocated hours.
EXHIBIT "A"
52 (c) Each employee must submit a request in advance, and approval must be given by the employee’s supervisor and Department Director. (d) An employee is eligible to use floating holiday hours as they are allocated.
(e) Floating Holiday hours may be used in lieu of sick leave only if all other benefit time has been exhausted.
Section 3. Eligibility for Holidays: All employees are eligible for holiday pay except the following:
(a) Intermittent temporary part-time employees.
(b) Temporary employees.
Section 4. Prorated Holiday Pay: Regular part-time employees shall receive prorated pay for any holiday on which they are scheduled to work.