Holidays

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HROG Section:	Work/Life Benefits
Document Title:	Holiday Leave
Initial Date Posted:	April 3, 2002 Sept. 1, 2011
Last Date Revised:
Board Approval:
Applies To:	Full-time Employees
Source:	District Human Resources
Related TASB Policy:	DED (regulation), DED (local)

Purpose:

Full-time District personnel shall have paid holidays approved by the Board as may occur during their term of employment.

Background:

Definitions:

Except as may be otherwise approved by the Board, the following shall be the District Holiday schedule:

Holiday Name	Length of Holiday	Specifics of Holiday
Martin Luther King Jr.	One (1) Day	Third Monday in January
Spring Break	Five (5) Days	The week of Spring Break as provided in academic calendar.
Good Friday	One (1) Day
Memorial Day	One (1) Day
Fourth Of July	One (1) Day	If holiday falls on Saturday, the Friday before will be recognized, and if the holiday falls on Sunday, the following Monday will be recognized as the holiday.
Labor Day	One (1) Day
Thanksgiving	Two (2) Days	Thursday (Thanksgiving) and following Friday
Christmas & New Year's	Six (6) Days	Christmas Day through and including New Year's Day. If Christmas is on Saturday, six-day period will run Friday through the following Friday. If Christmas is on Sunday, six-day period will run Monday through the following Monday.
Christmas Eve	One (1) Day	Only when December 24 falls on a Monday.

Eligibility:

Procedures:

Employee Responsibility:

HR Responsibility:

Exceptions To Policy:

In the event that a full-time employee is required to work on a holiday, the supervisor should make arrangements to either give the employee another day off in lieu of this day or should agree to pay the employee in accordance with DCCCD Compensation Time/Overtime guidelines. Additionally, if the holiday falls on a day that the employee is normally off, then the employee should get another day off or be paid for this day at their regular rate of pay if exempt or the overtime rate of pay if non-exempt.

Other Notes:

Employees on Leave Without Pay the day before and/or the day following the holiday shall not receive compensation for the holiday during such leave.

An employee who is absent without proper authorization on the day before and/or the day following a holiday shall not receive compensation for such holiday.

Limited full-time employees are not eligible for holiday leave or compensation.

Vacation and/or sick leave cannot be used for Holiday compensation as the Locations are officially closed.