(A) The following days shall be observed as paid holidays for regular full-time employees and regular part-time employees that have work schedules of more than 20 hours per week.
(1) January, New Year’s Day;
(2) January, Martin Luther King Day (Federal Observance) (to coincide with the Federal Observance of Martin Luther King Day);
(3) May, Memorial Day (Federal Observance);
(4) June, Juneteenth;
(5) July, Independence Day;
(6) September, Labor Day;
(7) November, Veterans Day;
(8) November, Thanksgiving Day;
(9) November, Friday after Thanksgiving; and
(10) December, Christmas Eve.
(a) When Christmas Eve and Christmas Day fall on Friday and Saturday, offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday.
(b) When Christmas Eve and Christmas Day fall on Sunday and Monday, offices will be closed on Monday and Tuesday.
(11) December, Christmas Day.
(B) In the event a holiday occurs on Saturday, Friday shall be taken as the holiday. If the holiday occurs on Sunday, Monday shall be taken as the holiday.
(C) (1) Some employees are required by York County to work on official holidays of the county. When duty requirements occur, hourly (non-exempt) employees thus affected shall be entitled to miscellaneous accrued leave of one hour for each hour worked or monetary compensation of one hour for each hour worked in addition to their regular salary.
(2) If agreeable to the employee and supervisor, hourly and salaried employees may utilize their holiday on another day during the same pay period as the official county holiday if it is necessary and beneficial to the department and the county.
(D) In addition to other paid official holidays, each county employee may take three additional optional holidays per calendar year, at the option of the employee with the approval of the supervisor of the employee.
(E) Optional paid holidays must be used each calendar year and cannot be carried forward if not used. Upon termination of employment with the county, employees shall not be reimbursed for any unpaid holiday time.
(‘77 Code, § 13-64) (Ord. 1584, passed 9-17-84; Am. Ord. 5288, passed 10-17-88; Am. Ord. 891, passed 4-1-91; Am. Ord. 3695, passed 7-17-95; Am. Ord. 3303, passed 11-3-03; Am. Ord. 2013, passed 6-3-13; Am. Ord. 1214, passed 5-5-14; Am. Ord. 2914, passed 9-2-14; Am. Ord. 3217, passed 6-19-17; Am. Ord. 3322, passed 8-15-22)