Common use of Personal Preference Days Clause in Contracts

Personal Preference Days. During the month of January employees may submit requests for alternate holidays to those specified to be celebrated within the calendar year, which shall be dates of personal preference such as religious holidays, employee’s birthday, employee anniversary or like days of celebration provided: 1. The agency employing the individual agrees and schedules the alternate day off in lieu of the holiday specified and the employing agency and employee’s function is scheduled to operate on the specified holiday; 2. The employee shall be paid on the holiday worked and deferred at this regular daily rate of pay; 3. The commitment to schedule the personal preference day off shall be irrevocable; 4. And provided further that if, due to an emergency, the employee is required to work on the selected personal preference day he shall be paid on the same basis as if it were a holiday worked. Where more requests for personal preference days are made than can be accommodated within a work unit, the State seniority of employees in the work unit shall be the basis for scheduling the personal preference days, which can be accommodated. The State shall respond to all requested within thirty (30) calendar days.

Personal Preference Days. During the month of January employees may submit requests for alternate holidays to those specified to be celebrated within the calendar year, which shall be dates of personal preference such as religious holidays, employee’s birthday, employee anniversary or like days of celebration provided: 1. The agency employing the individual agrees and schedules the alternate day off in lieu of the holiday specified and the employing agency and employee’s 's function is scheduled to operate on the specified holiday; 2. The employee shall be paid on the holiday worked and deferred at this regular daily rate of pay; 3. The commitment to schedule the personal preference day off shall be irrevocable; 4. And provided further that if, due to an emergency, the employee is required to work on the selected personal preference day he shall be paid on the same basis as if it were a holiday worked. Where more requests for personal preference days are made than can be accommodated within a work unit, the State seniority of employees in the work unit shall be the basis for scheduling the personal preference days, which can be accommodated. The State shall respond to all requested within thirty (30) calendar days.