(a) The following days are hereby declared to be legal holidays to be observed by the employees of the City as a part of their contract of employment.
(1) The first day of January, known as New Year’s Day.
(2) The Friday preceding Easter Sunday, known as Good Friday.
(3) The last Monday in May, known as Decoration Day or Memorial Day.
(4) The fourth day of July, known as Independence Day.
(5) The first Monday in September, known as Labor Day.
(6) The eleventh day of November, known as Veterans Day.
(7) The fourth Thursday in November, known as Thanksgiving Day.
(8) The twenty-fifth day of December, known as Christmas Day.
(9) Easter Sunday.
(Ord. 80-37. Passed 3-27-80.)
(b) On such holidays, only those employees shall work as may be necessary for the proper operation of the various departments.
(Ord. 5799. Passed 3-20-69.)
(c) All employees, except elected officials and department heads, observing such holidays whose names have appeared on the payroll of their respective departments for a period of sixty calendar days preceding any such holiday, shall be paid their regular rate of wage for the holiday.
(d) All employees of the various departments, except elected officials and department heads, whose services are necessary on the holidays, shall be paid double their regular rate of wage, except those employees who were absent from work on the work day immediately preceding the holiday, and except those employees who were absent from work on the work day immediately following the holiday.
(Ord. 80-74. Passed 6-19-60.)
(e) If any of the holidays fall on an employee’s regularly scheduled day of rest, the next succeeding regularly scheduled working day for the employee shall be considered the holiday with respect to the employee and he shall be entitled to all the benefits of this section with respect to such holiday on the next succeeding regularly scheduled working day.
(f) The terms of this section shall apply only to regular employees of the several departments and it shall be the duty of the heads of the departments to certify to the Auditor, the reason and necessity for which services of an employee have been required on a holiday.
(Ord. 5799. Passed 3-20-69.)
(g) Those employees of the City assigned to duty and actually working on the afternoon shifts of December 24 or December 31, shall be paid one and one-fourth times their regular rate of pay for all hours worked in addition to their regular pay.
(Ord. 7037. Passed 1-5-78.)