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Each calendar year, Bargaining Unit members shall be eligible, in the manner provided below, for a maximum of ninety-six (96) hours of holiday leave which shall be composed of:
New Years Day (January 1) Martin Luther King's Birthday (Third Monday in January) Memorial Day (Last Monday in May) Independence Day (July 4) Labor Day (First Monday in September) Veterans Day (November 11) Thanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday in November) Day Following Thanksgiving Christmas Day (December 25) Three (3) Personal Leave Holidays
A. Fixed Date Holidays:
The above fixed date holidays shall be added to the annual leave of each employee in the Bargaining Unit at the rate of eight (8) hours for each holiday in the month the holiday occurs. To be eligible for such accrual, an employee must have worked or have been on paid leave on the employee's regularly scheduled workdays before and after the holiday.
The City may, at its sole discretion, release non-essential personnel scheduled to work on a fixed date holiday. Such employees shall submit a leave form for the scheduled work hours off with pay and be considered on holiday leave. Such employees who are scheduled to work on a holiday who are released without at least fourteen (14) calendar days notice will have the day off with pay and will not be required to submit a leave form.
B. Personal Leave Holidays
A Personal Holiday shall be considered as earned during each contract year (October 1 through September 30). The employee must meet the eligibility requirements each contract year to earn the Personal Holiday(s).
A Personal Holiday earned shall be credited to the employee's vacation leave at a rate of eight (8) hours vacation leave.
The employee is eligible to earn up to three (3) Personal Holidays during the contract year as follows. After the completion of three (3) months continuous service in an active pay status with the City and completion of twenty (20) working days in the contract year, the employee earns the first Personal Holiday. After completion, in the contract year, of six (6) months continuous service and forty-five (45) working days, the employee earns the second and third Personal Holidays.
For the purposes of this Article, working days are defined as days the employee works the complete day or is in a one hundred percent (100%) paid leave status. Leave without pay does not constitute working days. One (1) month of continuous service is a month in which the employee has worked three-quarters (3/4) or more of his/her regular days.
In the event the City converts to an hourly leave accrual program as provided in Article 39, Vacation Leave, Section 8, the three (3) personal holidays provided in Section 1 of this Article shall be converted to vacation leave and the maximum hours of holiday leave each calendar year will be reduced to seventy-two (72) hours.
Section 2. An employee who is scheduled to work on a holiday shall receive one and one-half (1-1/2) times the regular rate of pay for the hours actually worked on the holiday.
Section 3. Holiday Scheduling - Fixed date holidays shall be observed on the recognized dates in Section 1 of this Article.
Section 4. Floating Holiday - Each regularly employed full-time employee shall earn a "Floating Holiday" for any calendar year in which no sick leave was used. The "Floating Holiday" shall consist of eight (8) hours added to the vacation leave of such employee. Probationary employees shall also be eligible provided they have worked full-time for the entire calendar year and have successfully completed probation prior to the end of the calendar year. The eight (8) hours additional vacation leave shall accrue on January 1, immediately following the calendar year of unused sick leave. The additional vacation leave may be used at a time approved by the Police Chief. The "Floating Holiday" is to be used during the calendar year in which it is posted or it is forfeited by the employee. Such leave time may not be converted to a cash payment. |
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