There are two types of holidays: Regular Holidays and Floating Holidays. The eligibility and usage of each differs according to the guidelines below. When a holiday falls on a Saturday it is observed on the preceding Friday. Holidays falling on Sunday are observed on the following Monday.
Regular Holidays
Regular holidays include New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and up to 4.5 additional days associated with Christmas and New Year's Day. The regular holiday schedule will be made available to the college community by Human Resources in the fall. The intent of holiday pay is to maintain staff members' regular pay when their schedule is impacted by office closure due to Regular Holidays.
Eligibility: Full-time employees and part-time benefits eligible staff are eligible for Regular Holidays.
Administration: Eligible staff will receive holiday pay for the designated regular holidays that fall on their regularly scheduled days of work. For example, staff members whose regular schedule does not include Friday are not paid for the Friday after Thanksgiving. To do so would effectively pay those staff members more than they would earn in a typical week.
Floating Holidays
Floating holidays include Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day. Each department will establish the use of floating holidays based on operational needs.
Eligibility: Full- and part-time benefits-eligible staff are eligible for floating holidays.
Administration: In offices that remain open on floating holidays, managers will work with staff to ensure adequate staffing. If a regularly scheduled staff member takes the day off, CTO will be used. Staff members who work will be paid for the day, and the CTO may be used at another time. In offices that close on floating holidays, scheduled staff typically do not work and will take CTO for the day. Managers must approve exceptions in advance.
Holiday Premium Pay
The purpose of holiday premium pay is to provide additional compensation to non-exempt staff members who are required or volunteer to work on designated regular holidays. When non-exempt staff members work on a designated regular holiday, they receive holiday pay at time and one half their regular rate of pay for each hour worked.
Example: A staff member who earns $10 per hour and works 8 hours on Thanksgiving Day receives $200 for the day.
8 hours Holiday Pay @ $10 per hour = $80
8 hours of time and one half ($15 per hour) = $120