(A) It shall be the policy of the town to ensure that all full-time employees receive the same number of holidays each year. These holidays shall be:
New Year's Day January 1
Good Friday Movable
Memorial Day Last Monday in May
Independence Day July 4
Labor Day First Monday in September
Veteran’s Day November 11
Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November
Thanksgiving Friday Friday after Thanksgiving
Christmas Eve December 24
Christmas Day December 25
Birthday Employee’s birthday - must be taken within five working days before or after birth date
Floating Holiday Said holiday will be determined at the beginning of each calendar year, as recommended by Town Manager and/or Clerk-Treasurer and approved by Town Council
(B) If any of these holidays falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be the observed holiday, and if any of these holidays falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday will be an observed holiday, except for some members of the Police Department and members of the Wastewater Treatment Plant. For the purpose of holiday pay and/or compensation time, members of the Police Department, except the Chief and Department Secretary, and members of the Wastewater Treatment Plant shall observe a holiday falling on a Saturday or Sunday on that day rather than on the following Monday or preceding Friday. Any employee absent, without prior authorization or absent for an illness or injury which is not verified by a physician's statement, on the day preceding and/or following a holiday will not receive regular compensation for the holiday. An employee on unpaid leave at the time of a holiday will not be compensated for the holiday. Any full-time, non-exempt employee required to work or render service on a holiday will be compensated at the rate of 150% of his or her regular rate of pay. Part-time employees scheduled to work on a holiday will be compensated for the holiday at the rate of 150% of his or her regular rate of pay. Exempt employees will receive compensation time at the rate of 150% for each hour worked, when they are required to work or render service on a holiday. Any employee required to work on Easter Sunday shall be compensated at the rate of 150% of his or her regular rate of pay.
('80 Code, § 2.02.030 A.) (Am. Ord. 1990-29, passed 12-10-90; Am. Ord. 1990-30, passed 12-27-90; Am. Ord. 1995-21, passed 12-27-95; Am. Ord. 1999- 21, passed 12-29-99; Am. Ord. 2006-24, passed 12-28-06; Am. Ord. 2009-23, passed 12-28-09; Am. Ord. 2018-31, passed 12- -18)