Common use of Holiday Benefit Pay Clause in Contracts

Holiday Benefit Pay. Holiday benefit pay remains the same. The City of San Francisco recognizes eleven holidays per year and provides either 8 hours of pay or 8 hours of time off (lieu day) per holiday. Each employee receives 88 hours of benefit per year. All eleven holidays are designated days in the employee handbook and are moved to alternative days on the new schedule. On the 8-hour work shift schedule an employee (on average) was scheduled to work approximately 71 percent of the 11 holidays each year. Therefore, on average, an employee is scheduled to work 8 holidays and is scheduled off 3 holidays each year. This provides 64 pay hours and 24 in lieu hours (or 88 total hours) of holiday benefit per year. Under the 12-hour work shift schedule, an employee is scheduled to work only 51 percent of the 11 holidays each year. Therefore, on average, an employee is scheduled to work 6 holidays and is scheduled off 5 holidays each year. This provides 48 pay hours and 40 in lieu hours (or 88 total hours) of holiday benefit per year. A "t" shift (which is scheduled work day) that falls on a holiday is a day off with 8 hours pay.