Common use of Holidays and Personal Leave Clause in Contracts

Holidays and Personal Leave. A. There shall be ten paid holidays and two half-day paid holidays per year for members of the Bargaining Unit. Employees will recognize holidays under the following schedule: New Year’s Day Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Day President’s Day Memorial Day Juneteenth Independence Day Labor Day Veteran’s Day Thanksgiving Day Day after Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day ½ day Christmas Eve and ½ day New Year’s Eve B. Employees shall be granted twenty-four (24) hours per year of Personal Leave per calendar year to provide for personal business. Requested Personal Leave shall be granted only upon approval and at the discretion of the Chief of Police or designee. Personal leave may not be carried over from one year to the next. No payment will be made upon separation of employment for any reason for any unused Personal Leave. C. Holidays shall be observed on the day that the holiday actually occurs, and employees shall be compensated based on the actual holiday, except that employees assigned to units that follow administrative or school schedules may observe the holiday on the day observed by that unit (e.g., a Monday for a holiday that falls on a Sunday, etc.), provided that no employee shall receive any combination of holiday leave or holiday pay that exceeds that which is provided in Section 10.H below. D. In the event that one of the above holidays occurs during the course of an employees’ vacation, then the employee’s vacation may be extended by, or the hours of vacation leave required for the time off may be reduced by, said holiday hours, at the employee’s option. E. In the event that one of the above named holidays occurs while an employee is on sick leave, the employee shall receive holiday leave and shall not be charged sick leave for that day. F. Employees performing work on holidays shall be paid their straight hourly rate for all hours worked on the holiday, in addition to the holiday pay. Holiday pay shall not be counted as hours worked for overtime purposes. G. If a holiday falls on an employee’s regularly scheduled day off and the employee does not work on the holiday, the employee shall be compensated at straight time for the holiday. H. It is further agreed that a holiday will equal 8.5 hours, except Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, which will equal twelve (12) hours for those employees who actually work twelve hours on either of those two (2) holidays. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve shall be compensated at 4.25 hours each, whether or not the employee actually works those days. I. Employees who are scheduled to work on the holiday and are approved the holiday off may use accrued paid vacation, compensatory, or personal leave for the holiday off, and by doing so shall be additionally compensated at straight time for said holiday, not to exceed the hours set forth above in Section 10.5.

Holidays and Personal Leave. A. There shall be ten paid holidays and two half-day paid holidays per year for members of the Bargaining Unit. Employees will recognize holidays under the following schedule: New Year’s Day Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Day President’s Day Memorial Day Juneteenth Independence Day Labor Day Veteran’s Day Thanksgiving Day Day after Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day ½ day Christmas Eve and ½ day New Year’s Eve B. Employees shall be granted twenty-four (24) hours per year of Personal Leave per calendar year to provide for personal business. Requested Personal Leave shall be granted only upon approval and at the discretion of the Chief of Police or designee. Personal leave may not be carried over from one year to the next. No payment will be made upon separation of employment for any reason for any unused Personal Leave. C. Holidays occurring on a Saturday shall be observed on the previous Friday. Holidays occurring on a Sunday shall be observed on the following Monday except that Thanksgiving, the Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day shall be celebrated on the day that the holiday actually occurs, and employees shall be compensated based on the actual holiday, except that employees assigned to units that follow administrative or school schedules may observe the holiday on the day observed by that unit (e.g., a Monday for a holiday that falls on a Sunday, etc.), provided that no employee shall receive any combination of holiday leave or holiday pay that exceeds that which is provided in Section 10.H below. D. In the event that one of the above holidays occurs during the course of an employees’ vacation, then the employee’s vacation may be extended by, or the hours of vacation leave required for the time off may be reduced by, , said holiday hours, at the employee’s option. E. In the event that one of the above named holidays occurs while an employee is on sick leave, the employee shall receive holiday leave and shall not be charged sick leave for that day. F. Employees performing work on holidays shall be paid their straight hourly rate for all hours worked on the holiday, in addition to the holiday pay. Holiday pay shall not be counted as hours worked for overtime purposes. G. If a holiday falls on an employee’s regularly scheduled day off and the employee does not work on the holiday, the employee shall be compensated at straight time for the holiday. H. It is further agreed that a holiday will equal 8.5 hours, except Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, which will equal twelve (12) hours for those employees who actually work twelve hours on either of those two (2) holidays. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve shall be compensated at 4.25 hours each, whether or not the employee actually works those days. I. Employees who are scheduled to work on the holiday and are approved the holiday off may use accrued paid vacation, compensatory, or personal leave for the holiday off, and by doing so shall be additionally compensated at straight time for said holiday, not to exceed the hours set forth above in Section 10.5H. If the employee chooses not to use accrued paid vacation, compensatory, or personal leave for the holiday off, he/she shall receive holiday pay pursuant to Section H above.