(a) All employees are entitled to the following holidays:
New Years Day
Martin Luther King Day
Presidents' Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day (Fourth of July)
Labor Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving Day
Day after Thanksgiving
Christmas Day
One (1) Personal Day *(see (g) below)
All employees are entitled to one-half day on the following:
New Years Eve
Christmas Eve
Brown Jug Day
(b) If a holiday falls on Sunday, it will be observed on the following Monday; if a holiday falls on a Saturday, it will be observed on the preceding Friday.
(c) In observance of each authorized holiday, both full-time and and part-time employees will normally be granted the day off from work. Full-time employees shall receive straight time holiday pay for each authorized holiday. Part-time or seasonal employees are not entitled to paid holidays and shall receive no pay.
(d) If a holiday occurs while an employee is on vacation, such a vacation day will not be charged against his or her vacation leave.
(e) Employees must be in paid status or using compensatory time on the day before and day after the holiday in order to be eligible for pay on the above holidays. The term "paid status" for purposes of this section shall include actual work as well as all hours while on the following leaves if paid and approved: comp time, vacation time, holiday leave and sick leave. Employees who use sick leave on the day before or after a holiday shall be required to furnish proof of illness by furnishing a doctor's statement. Employees who fail to provide the above statements will not be considered in a paid status and shall forfeit the holiday pay or any compensatory time awarded in lieu of holiday pay. (For purposes of this section the day before refers to the last regularly scheduled workday, and the day after refers to the next regularly scheduled workday from the day on which the holiday is observed.)
(f) All full-time employees working a forty (40) hour work week who work on the actual holiday itself will receive two and one-half (2-1/2) their normal hourly rate for each hourly holiday time worked.
(g) Each individual employee shall be entitled to one (1) floating personal day annually which will be exercised at any time by the Employee upon the approval of his or her supervisor. Should an employee work on a scheduled personal day, overtime shall be paid. The personal day shall be rescheduled with the approval of the Employee's supervisor. The employee's personal day must be requested no less than two (2) weeks prior to the day off being requested.
(Ord. 2011-11. Passed 7-6-11.)