Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 11 - Administrative Services Department › Title IV - Human Resources › Chapter 63 - Leave › Rule 11-63.8 - Holiday Leave

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
Holidays shall be granted in accordance with statutory
				  provisions to employees who are eligible to accrue vacation and sick
				  leave.
(1) The value of a holiday for
				full-time employees shall be eight hours or the number of hours the employee is
				scheduled to work on that day, whichever is greater The value of a holiday that
				falls on a full-time employee's scheduled day off shall be eight hours.
				Employees who are normally scheduled to work full-time shall not have their
				holiday compensation prorated for time on leave without pay during the pay
				period if the employee meets the conditions of subrule 63.8(3).
Compensation for holidays shall be prorated for employees who
				  are normally scheduled to work less than 80 hours in a pay period. Compensation
				  shall be based on the number of hours in pay status during the pay period in
				  which the holiday falls plus the hours that would normally be scheduled for the
				  holiday which shall be included when determining the number of pro-rata holiday
				  hours.
Leave accrued under Iowa Code section 1C.2 as vacation shall
				  be based on the employee's hours in pay status.
Compensation for holidays under this rule shall be either in
				  pay or compensatory leave. The decision to pay or grant compensatory leave
				  shall be made by the appointing authority.
(2) For employees who work Monday through
				Friday, a holiday falling on Sunday shall be observed on the following Monday
				and a holiday falling on Saturday shall be observed on the preceding Friday.
				For all other employees, the designated holiday shall be observed on the day it
				occurs.
(3) To be eligible for
				holiday compensation an employee must be in pay status the last scheduled
				workday before and the first scheduled workday after the holiday.
An employee who separates from employment and whose last day
				  in pay status precedes a holiday shall not be eligible for payment for that
				  holiday.
(4) When the
				holiday falls on an overtime-covered employee's scheduled workday, and the
				employee does not get the day off, the employee shall be compensated for the
				holiday in accordance with subrule 63.8(1) in addition to a premium rate for
				time worked. The premium rate shall be paid for hours worked during the 24-hour
				period from 12 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. on the holiday. However, hours
				compensated at the premium rate shall not be counted as part of the 40 hours
				when calculating overtime pay.
When the holiday falls on an overtime-covered employee's day
				  off, the employee shall be compensated for the holiday to a maximum of eight
				  hours.
(5) When an overtime
				exempt employee is required to work on a holiday, the employee may be
				compensated for the time worked in addition to regular holiday pay at the
				discretion of the appointing authority. When granted, compensation shall be at
				the employee's regular rate of pay for all hours worked.