(a) All regular City employees who have completed their probationary period shall be entitled to fifteen (15) paid holidays as set forth below. To be entitled to receive pay for the holidays the employees shall have worked or be on a compensated day off on the day before and the day after the holiday.
(b) New Year's Day; Martin Luther King Day; Presidents Day (3rd Monday in February); Good Friday; Memorial Day (last Monday in May); Fourth of July; Labor Day; Columbus Day (2nd Monday in October); Veterans Day (November 11); Thanksgiving Day; Friday after Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Eve (the last regular work day before Christmas Day); Christmas Day.
(c) In addition to the above listed holidays, the employees shall be entitled to two (2) discretionary holidays to be selected by the employee and scheduled with adequate notification to the appropriate supervision. The employee shall schedule these holidays in such a way as not to impair the operations of the work unit, but the holidays shall be scheduled and the employees shall be permitted to take the holidays at some time during the calendar year.
(d) For all employees observing the regular Monday through Friday work schedule, in the event any of the above holidays fall on Saturday, the City shall celebrate the holidays on Friday, and in the event the holiday shall fall on Sunday, the City shall celebrate the holiday on Monday.
(e) The six major holidays are New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
(f) The decision to require employees to work on holidays shall be at the discretion of management.