§ 86-513. Holidays.

(a)

List of holidays. The following days are designated as official holidays for county employees:

(1)

January 1, New Year's Day.

(2)

Third Monday in January, Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.

(3)

March or April, Good Friday.

(4)

Last Monday in May, Memorial Day.

(5)

July 4, Independence Day.

(6)

First Monday in September, Labor Day.

(7)

Fourth Thursday in November, Thanksgiving Day.

(8)

Friday following Thanksgiving Day.

(9)

December 25, Christmas Day.

(b)

Additional holidays. Other days may be declared as holidays by the county council at its discretion.

(c)

Holiday pay. For holiday pay purposes, a holiday is a paid day off irrespective of scheduled work hours. Employees shall receive holiday pay for all scheduled hours which would have been worked if not for the holiday, except for firefighters, who shall be paid 16 hours for a scheduled day.

(d)

Holidays falling on Saturday or Sunday. Whenever a holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as a holiday. When a holiday falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday.

(e)

Work on holidays. All employees not required to remain on duty to perform essential services shall be excused from all duty on designated holidays and shall receive holiday pay. In addition to the amount to which they are entitled as holiday pay, eligible employees who are required to be on duty on a designated holiday shall be paid at straight time for the hours worked on the holiday. To the extent that such hours exceed the regularly scheduled work hours for that pay period the employees shall be paid at premium rates or receive compensatory time at premium rates.

(f)

Holidays falling on scheduled day off other than Saturday or Sunday. When a holiday falls or is scheduled to be observed on an employee's normal day off, other than a Saturday or Sunday, such employee shall be granted a day off in lieu of the holiday at another time to be determined by departmental management.

(g)

Holidays occurring during annual leave or sick leave. Holidays which occur during annual leave or sick leave shall not be charged against annual or sick leave.

(h)

Part-time employees. Part-time employees shall be paid straight time for holidays on a pro rata basis in the same proportion as their biweekly scheduled hours are to a full biweekly pay period for their classification.

(i)

Temporary, seasonal, and intermittent employees. Temporary, seasonal, and intermittent employees shall not be paid for holidays.

(j)

Pay status. An employee must be in pay status (not on unpaid leave or suspension) on the scheduled workday before and the scheduled workday after a holiday in order to be paid for the holiday. When a holiday falls at the beginning or the end of a pay period, an employee must be in pay status only on the scheduled workday before or after the holiday which falls within the pay period.

(k)

New employees. Employees whose initial scheduled workday is a designated holiday shall not be eligible for holiday pay for that day unless they are required to actually work that day.

(Ord. No. 81-19, § 16.03, 9-3-81; Ord. No. 2017-27, § I, 11-16-17; Ord. No. 2018-16, § I, 12-4-18)