(A) Paid holidays are designated annually by the County Council. Holidays for union members and County employees shall be the same unless a collective bargaining agreement provides otherwise.
(B) The County's ability to provide quality services during the rest of a workweek when a holiday occurs is extremely important. If an employee is absent without proper authorization (an approved paid day off is considered an authorized day off) on the last working day before a holiday or the first working day after a holiday, he/she will not be paid for the holiday.
(C) If a holiday falls during a scheduled vacation, an employee need not take a vacation day for the declared holiday to receive full pay for that week.
(D) Holiday compensation is counted as hours worked for the purposes of overtime. An employee who works a scheduled holiday shall be compensated at a rate of one and one-half times the employee's normal rate of pay if the total number of hours worked during the week exceeds forty hours. Compensation may be provided in payor compensatory time.