Agenda - Council Work Session - 08/22/2017

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7. Veteran's Day 8. Thanksgiving Day 9. Friday after Thanksgiving Day 10. Christmas Eve 11. Christmas Day 12. Eight Hour Floating Holiday November llth 4th Thursday in November (Non -union and AFSCME only) December 24th December 25th To be used Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 All employees in full-time regular positions are entitled to time off with full pay on holidays. The City shall be closed for business on each such holiday, but employees may be required to work on paid holidays when the nature of their duties or other conditions requires them to do so. Regular part-time employees are eligible to earn paid holidays in proportion to that earned by regular full-time employees based on work hours budgeted on January 1. Paid holidays will count toward total budgeted work hours for the year. If an approved holiday falls on a day a part-time employee is not scheduled to work, the employee must take the paid holiday leave during the same pay period in which the holiday occurred. Employees may be required to work on paid holidays when the nature of their duties or other conditions require them to do so. A non-exempt, non -union employee required to work on a holiday shall receive their full pay for the holiday, as well as a minimum of 2-hours pay at a rate of 1-1/2 times the employee's base hourly pay rate for the time worked on such holiday. All holidays specified will be paid in dollars or as earned compensatory time off. When New Year's Day, Independence Day, Christmas Eve or Christmas Day falls on Sunday, the following Monday is considered the paid holiday and if any such day falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday is considered the paid holiday. Each holiday commences at the beginning of the first shift on the day on which the holiday occurs and continues for 24 hours thereafter. Eligible employees shall receive pay for official holidays at their normal rate of pay if they are at work or on a leave of absence with pay the last regular shift to which they would have been assigned prior to the holiday and the first regular shift to which they would have been assigned following the holiday. New employees hired after December 15th are not eligible for the floating holiday during the calendar year in which they were hired. Floating holidays may not be carried over. 6.4 Family and Medical Leave Eligible employees may be entitled to take unpaid leave pursuant to the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") for the purposes described in 29 U.S.C. § 2612 (as amended). All such leave, including the responsibilities of the City and its employees related to such leave, is subject to the conditions prescribed in the FMLA and the Department of Labor's regulations implementing the FMLA. For additional information regarding FMLA leave, including the circumstances in which such leave may be taken, employees should consult the posted notices. In addition, as permitted by the FMLA, the City places the following restrictions on eligible employees' use of FMLA leave: 301Page