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RULE
10 - HOLIDAYS
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10.1
Authorized Holidays:
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The
official holidays to be observed by the employees of the
City of Sarasota shall be:
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| New
Year's Day |
January
1st |
| Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday |
3rd
Monday in January |
| President's
Day |
3rd
Monday in February |
| National
Memorial Day |
Last
Monday in May |
| Independence
Day |
July
4th |
| Labor
Day |
1st
Monday in September |
| Veteran's
Day |
November
11th |
| Thanksgiving
Day |
4th
Thursday in November |
| Friday
after Thanksgiving |
Friday
after Thanksgiving |
| Christmas
Eve |
December
24th |
| Christmas
Day |
December
25th
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10.2
Holiday Clarifications:
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A. |
General:
The City Manager or City Auditor and Clerk, for their
respective employees, may designate any other workday
a holiday for qualified employees.
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B. |
Normal
Work Week (Monday through Friday):
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An
official holiday that falls on a Sunday shall be
observed on the following Monday by permanent employees
whose scheduled work week is either Monday through
Friday, inclusive, or Monday through Saturday, inclusive.
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An
official holiday that falls on a Saturday shall
be observed on the Friday preceding the holiday
by permanent employees whose regular scheduled work
week is Monday through Friday, inclusive.
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C. |
Qualified
Employees: The following employees qualify to receive
compensation for an official holiday without working on
such holiday, and without charge against any accumulated
leave:
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Permanent
employees.
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Permanent
part-time employees with six (6) or more calendar
months of continuous service completed prior to
the date of the holiday, and who have regular scheduled
hours of work, provided the holiday falls upon a
day of their
work schedule.
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Probationary
employees, both part-time and full-time may be authorized
to be receive pay for holidays at the discretion of
the
Department Head, whose decision shall be final and binding.
Appeals of the Department Head’s decision are not authorized.
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10.3
Compensation:
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Hourly
paid employees who qualify under the above shall be
paid
their regular straight-time rate of pay for their regularly
scheduled hours of work for the day on which the holiday
fell, or was observed. Salaried employees shall receive
their normal compensation during the work week when
such
holidays occur. Holiday hours compensated for, though
not worked, shall be computed as time worked for overtime
pay.
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10.4
Other Than Normal Work Week:
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A. |
The
following shall include any employee whose regularly scheduled
work week includes Saturday or Sunday as a day of work
and who is required to work on a holiday falling on Saturday
or Sunday, and whose days off are scheduled during the
normal work week.
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B. |
Employees,
whose services are required on an official holiday for
the conduct of an activity essential to the City, to public
safety, health, or welfare, shall, at the discretion of
the Department Head:
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Be
accorded a day off on the next practicable day thereafter,
within a time limit of three (3) calendar months;
or
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Receive
pay for the hours worked on the holiday at their
regular straight-time rate of pay in addition to
their regular straight-time pay for the scheduled
work day on which the holiday fell; or
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Police
Officers’ duty schedules are subject to compliance
with the Union Contract, if applicable; otherwise
the duty schedules are at the discretion of the
Chief of Police.
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10.5
Holiday During Paid Leave:
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An
employee who is on paid leave status on an official holiday,
shall receive compensation for the holiday.
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10.6
Exclusions from Holiday Pay:
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The
following listed categories of employees specifically
do not qualify to receive compensation for an official
holiday as listed herein:
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Any
employee who is absent, without the specific approval
of his Department for such absence, on either his
scheduled working day immediately preceding or immediately
following the day on which a holiday is observed;
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Temporary
employees;
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Part-time
employees without regularly scheduled hours or days
of work;
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Employees
on Worker's Compensation.
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10.7
Responsibilities of Department Head:
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Nothing
set forth herein shall be construed as relieving the Heads
of the various departments, offices and activities of
their responsibilities for the performance of required
functions. The Department Head shall determine the employees
who may or may not observe holidays.
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