153.14 HOLIDAYS.
(a) The following ten (10) days shall be deemed to be holidays on the dates on which they are observed under the laws of the State of Ohio, unless otherwise designated by the Mayor: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, June 19 (Juneteenth) Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. A permanent full-time employee shall not be required to work on any of said holidays unless in the opinion of his responsible administrative superior his failure to work would impair the public service.
(b) In addition to those paid holidays outlined above, each permanent full-time employee shall be entitled to forty-eight (48) hours as paid "personal/miscellaneous" time off. These hours accrue immediately on January 1 of each year and are not subject to proration upon retirement or termination.
(c) Any new permanent full-time employee shall be entitled to personal/miscellaneous hours in their first year of employment in accordance with their date of hire as follows:
January 1st through March 31st: | 48 hours or |
April 1st through June 30th: | 32 hours or |
July 1st through September 30th: | 24 hours or |
October 1st through December 31st: | 16 hours |
(d) The scheduling of personal/miscellaneous hours is subject to the approval of the employee's Department Head.
(e) In lieu of the holidays and personal/miscellaneous time outlined above, full-time dispatchers shall receive eighty (80) hours of holiday time and forty-eight (48) hours of personal/miscellaneous time on January 1st as compensation for the holidays listed above. This holiday time shall be taken on a day during the calendar year to be picked by the dispatcher with prior approval by the Chief or the Communications Supervisor, except that the Municipality retains the right to schedule the use of holiday time on the holidays listed above. Full-time dispatchers will be able to cash out their holidays at the end of the year in the same manner followed by members of the F.O.P. These hours are subject to proration upon retirement or termination in the same manner followed for members of the F.O.P.
(f) Any new permanent full-time dispatcher shall be entitled to holiday and personal/miscellaneous hours in their first year of employment in accordance with their date of hire as follows:
January 1st through March 31st: | 128 hours or |
April 1st through June 30th: | 96 hours or |
July 1st through September 30th: | 64 hours or |
October 1st through December 31st: | 32 hours |
(g) Compensation For Holidays Not Worked. If not required to work on paid holidays, a fulltime employee shall be entitled to receive pay at his regular rate of compensation on such holiday on which he has not worked provided, however, that if any employee without just cause (as determined by the head of his department) fails to report to work on a regularly scheduled work day immediately preceding or immediately following such holiday, he or she shall not be entitled to compensation for the holiday not worked. If an employee's work schedule is other than Monday through Friday, he or she shall be entitled to a day's regular pay for a holiday observed on his day off, regardless of the day of the week on which it is observed.
(h) Compensation For Holidays Worked. If a full-time employee works on one of the above-designated holidays, he or she shall be compensated at the rate of one and one-half (1-1/2) times his hourly rate for each hour worked. Additionally, all full-time employees other than full-time dispatchers who work the above-designated holidays shall also be entitled to receive holiday pay. Part-time employees who are required to work on a holiday will be compensated at one and one-half (1-1/2) times their normal rate of pay for hours worked on the holiday during those hours for which full-time employees receive a holiday premium.
(i) Compensation for Holiday During Vacation. If a full-time employee is on vacation during one of the above-designated holidays, that day shall be considered a holiday day off and shall not be counted or compensated as a vacation day.
(j) All full-time and part-time employees of the Police and Fire Departments who work the majority of a shift on a holiday shall be compensated for the entire shift in accordance with the holiday pay provisions set forth hereinabove.
(k) For work performed on the holidays described above and New Year's Eve, all part-time Firefighters will be compensated at their hourly rate times one and one half (1-1/2).
(Ord. 2023-18. Passed 12-4-23.)