(a) In addition to the normal and regular vacation schedule, the following days are declared to be legal holidays: New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and the day after thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, and any other mentioned day approved by the Council.
(b) Each full-time employee of the Village, except for the Police and Voluntary 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:
(1) Salaried Employees. If any or all of these ten (10) legal holidays falls on the regularly scheduled work day for a full-time, salaried employee, except Police and Voluntary Fire Department, is required to work eight (8) or more consecutive hours on that legal holiday, the salaried employees 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 ten (10) 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 ten (10) legal holidays set out in this section fall on a Sunday, the holiday shall be observed on Monday following the holiday date.
(3) Work Holiday Period. For purposes of determining a work holiday period, a work day shall consist of eight (8) consecutive hours in the period from midnight to midnight.
(4) Cash Payments. 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 Voluntary-Fire Departments, (Department Head excluded) entitled to ten (10) paid holidays as provided in this section and set forth below:
Compensation for employees shall be paid in any pay period in which the holiday falls.
(c) Employees required to work on a holiday shall receive one and a half times their hourly rate (1 ½) for all hours actually worked, plus eight hours holiday pay.
(d) Employees must work the day before and the day following a Holiday in order to be paid for said Holiday. Acceptable hours are; regular, Personal, vacation, and compensatory.
(Ord. 1287-2020. Passed 11-16-20.)