(a) All eligible employees, as referred to in Section 161.01(e), shall receive eight (8) hours of compensation at base rate for the following holidays:
New Year’s Day | January 1 |
Martin Luther King Day | 3rd Monday in January |
President’s Day | 3rd Monday in February |
Memorial Day | Last Monday in May |
Juneteenth | June 19 |
Independence Day | July 4 |
Labor Day | 1st Monday in September |
Columbus Day | 2nd Monday in October |
Veteran’s Day | November 11 |
Thanksgiving Day | 4th Thursday in November |
Friday after Thanksgiving Day | 4th Friday in November |
Christmas Eve Day | December 24 |
Christmas Day | December 25 |
Employee’s birthday | |
(b) All other eligible employees whose regularly scheduled days off are Saturday and Sunday shall observe holidays falling on Saturday or Sunday on the day on which such holiday is nationally observed. All employees shall be excused from work on the day provided herein for observation of the holiday with the exception of the employee’s birthday, if feasible. If any of the above holidays fall on a Sunday, the holiday is observed on the following Monday; if it falls on Saturday, it is observed on the preceding Friday. If a recognized holiday occurs during a member’s vacation, that day is not charged as vacation used. Members required to work on a recognized holiday shall receive one and a half (1-1/2) times their regular rate of pay for all hours worked in addition to their regular compensation.
(c) The employee birthday holiday shall be observed on a day mutually advantageous to the employee and the City within the calendar year. This holiday cannot be carried forward to the next calendar year. (Ord. C25-13. Passed 5-6-13.)
(Ord. C10-87. Passed 3-16-87; Ord. C86-00. Passed 10-16-00; Ord. C47-01. Passed 8-6-01; Ord. C7-03. Passed 2-18-03; Ord. C10-09. Passed 2-17-09; Ord. C23-15. Passed 4-20-15; Ord. C06-24. Passed 2-20-24.)