In addition to the normal and regular vacation schedule, the following days are declared to be legal holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Each full-time employee of the Village, except for the Police and Fire Department employees shall be granted compensation, either in wages or in compensatory time, for any or all of these legal holidays the employee is required to work, as determined by the following schedule:
(a) Salaried Employees.
(1) If any or all of these eight legal holidays falls on the regularly scheduled work day for a full-time, salaried employee, except a Police and Fire Department employee, is required to work eight or more consecutive hours on that legal holiday, the salaried employee shall be granted compensatory time of one day for each legal holiday worked, by having one day for each legal holiday worked added to his normal vacation schedule.
(2) In the event any or all of the eight legal holidays set out in this section fall on a Saturday, the holiday shall be observed on the Friday preceding the holiday date. In the event any or all of the eight legal holidays set out in this section fall on a Sunday, the holiday shall be observed on Monday following the holiday date.
(b) Hourly Employees.
(1) If any or all of these eight legal holidays falls on the regularly scheduled work day for any full-time, hourly employee, the employee shall not be required to work and shall receive compensation for eight hours at the regular and normal rate of pay for the employee. In the event the employee is required through emergency to work on any or all of these legal holidays, the hourly employee shall be compensated by receiving one and one-half times his normal hourly rate of pay.
(2) In the event any or all of the eight legal holidays set out in this section fall on a Saturday, the holiday shall be observed on the Friday preceding the holiday date. In the event any or all of the seven legal holidays set out in this section fall on a Sunday, the holiday shall be observed on Monday following the holiday date.
(c) Work Holiday Period. For purposes of determining a work holiday period, a work day shall consist of eight consecutive hours in the period from midnight to midnight.
(d) Cash Payments.
(1) The Treasurer is authorized to pay, upon certification by the Mayor as to the amounts of each employee, cash in lieu of compensatory time for all full-time employees in the Police and Fire Departments , (department head excluded) entitled to seven paid holidays as provided in this section and set forth in subsection (d)(2) hereof.
(2) Compensation for employees set forth in subsection (d)(1) shall be paid in the pay period in which the holiday falls.
(Ord. 13-99. Passed 6-1-99.)
(e) Additional Paid Holidays. Village Council desires to declare and establish President’s Day and the Friday after Thanksgiving, commonly referred to as “Black Friday,” as paid holidays for Village employees, in accordance with the same rules and regulations currently in effect for all other paid holidays for Village employees. (Ord. 10-2020. Passed 4-21-20.)