Policy Guidelines I. Holiday benefit pay is equal to an employee's regular rate of pay. Full-time employees whose work schedule is other than Monday through Friday are entitled to holiday benefit pay for the holidays observed on their day off. Part-time employees who work different hours and days each week are entitled to holiday benefit pay equal to their normal percentage of appointment or actual hours worked on the holiday, up to eight hours. Nonexempt employees who are required to work on observed holidays are entitled to pay for such time worked at a rate of one and one-half times their regular base rate of pay in addition to holiday benefit pay or to be granted compensatory time off.
Compensatory time is earned at the rate of one and one-half hours for every hour worked.
If a holiday occurs during a period of paid sick or vacation leave, the individual is not charged sick or vacation benefit for that day. Employees do not receive holiday benefit pay during an unpaid leave of absence. When December 25 occurs on Sunday, Christmas Day and Presidents Day will be observed the following Monday and Tuesday. This page last updated February 14, 2000.