Classified Legal/Floating Holidays
Full-time and Part-time permanent employees will be paid for
the following legal holidays:
New Year's Day (January 1)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Memorial Day
Independence Day (July 4)
Labor Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Eve (December 24)
Christmas Day (December 25)
New Year's Eve (December 31)
Holidays are based on the percentage of an employee's appointment (FTE).
If a holiday falls on a Sunday, state offices are closed the following Monday.
If a holiday falls on Saturday (which is the normal day off for most employees), classified employees are granted this day as a floating legal holiday to be used at a different date (with supervisor approval). Additionally, if a legal holiday falls on an employee's scheduled day off, or if the employee is scheduled to work the legal holiday, the holiday may be banked as a floating legal holiday to be used at a different date (with supervisor approval.
Classified employees who work the legal holiday will be entitled to holiday premium pay or compensatory time off in accordance with the employee’s applicable collective bargaining agreement.
For classified employees, legal holidays must be used within the calendar year they are earned or they will be lost.
Limited-Term Employees (LTE) are not eligible for the holiday pay unless the LTE works hours on the legal holiday.