(A) Any full-time employees occupying regular position(s) shall receive time off at the regular rate of pay for each holiday. Holidays include:
(1) January 1, New Year’s Day;
(2) The third Monday in January, Martin Luther King Jr. Day;
(3) The second Monday in February, President’s Day;
(4) Good Friday;
(5) The last Monday in May, Memorial Day;
(6) July 4, Independence Day;
(7) September 1, Labor Day;
(8) November 11, Veteran’s Day;
(9) The fourth Thursday in November, Thanksgiving Day, and the following Friday;
(10) December 25, Christmas Day, and one additional day as designated by the Fiscal Court or appropriate constitutional officer;
(11) December 31, New Year’s Eve; and
(12) Presidential election day.
(B) When any holiday listed above falls on a Saturday, it will be observed on the preceding Friday. When any holiday listed above falls on a Sunday, it shall be observed on the following Monday.
(C) In addition to the above, any day may be designated as a holiday by proclamation of the Judge/Executive, with the approval of the Fiscal Court or the appropriate constitutional officer.
(D) Holiday pay shall be pay at the regular rate.
(E) When it is essential for a nonexempt employee to work on a holiday, the employee shall receive holiday pay in addition to regular pay, or be allowed to take another day(s) off, as deemed appropriate by the Judge/Executive.
(2001 Code, § 31.106) (Ord. passed 1-14-2000)