Holiday During Vacation or Other Period of Paid Leave. When a fixed holiday falls within a vacation period or other period of paid leave, the holiday time shall not be charged against an employee’s earned vacation benefits or other paid leave. In no instance shall an employee be permitted to use vacation, sick leave or other paid leave time on a fixed holiday that the employee is not scheduled to work in order to accrue the holiday leave.
Holiday During Vacation or Other Period of Paid Leave. When a fixed holiday falls within a vacation period or other period of paid leave, the holiday time shall not be charged against an employee’s earned vacation benefits or other paid leave. As such, the employee shall receive holiday pay for any fixed holiday that falls within a vacation period provided the employee is eligible for the fixed holiday pay. For example, an employee has approved vacation leave from Tuesday through Thursday and Wednesday is a fixed holiday. Tuesday and Thursday would be coded as vacation leave but Wednesday would be coded as holiday leave. In no instance shall an employee be permitted to use vacation, sick leave or other paid leave time on a fixed holiday that the employee is not scheduled to work in order to accrue the holiday leave. Working on a Holiday – Whenever an employee is required to work on a fixed holiday or the fixed holiday falls on an employee’s regularly scheduled day off, the employee shall accrue, on an hour-for-hour basis, up to a total of eight (8) hours floating holiday time. At the request of the employee, and with approval of the appointing authority, straight time payment can be made in lieu of accrual provided such compensation is approved during the pay period in which it is worked. Employees scheduled to work on a holiday but who call off sick on that holiday shall code holiday leave for that day. Special Provisions: • Whenever a nurse scheduled for 72 standard hours per pay period (i.e., a 72-hour nurse) is required to work at least eight (8) hours on a fixed holiday, the employee shall accrue a total of eight (8) hours floating holiday time, provided the nurse is paid for a total of 80 hours in the pay period. At the request of the employee, and with approval of the appointing authority, straight time payment can be made in lieu of accrual provided such compensation is approved during the pay period in which it is worked. • When a nurse with 72 standard hours (i.e., a 72-hour nurse) has a fixed holiday fall on the employee’s regularly scheduled day off, all paid hours coded that pay period by the 72-hour nurse, up to 80 hours per pay period, shall count toward the holiday accrual that pay period. Weekend Holidays – When a fixed holiday falls on a Saturday, the previous Friday will be observed as the fixed holiday except that when the preceding Friday is also a fixed holiday, the preceding Thursday will be observed as the fixed holiday. When a fixed holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday will ...
