7.1 Holidays

  1. Full-time and part-time employees, except civil service exempt Unit 3 employees in the California Department of Education (CDE), shall be entitled to such observed holidays with pay as provided below, in addition to any official State holidays declared by the Governor.
  2. Premium holidays shall include: January 1, the last Monday in May, July 4, the first Monday in September, Thanksgiving Day, and December 25.

    3. Regular holidays shall include: the third Monday in January, the third Monday in February, March 31, November 11, the day after Thanksgiving.

    The holidays are observed on the actual day the holiday occurs with the following exceptions:

    1. When November 11 falls on a Saturday, full-time and part-time employees shall be entitled to the preceding Friday as a holiday with pay.
    2. When a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday, not Sunday, shall be treated as the holiday for purposes of this Article.
    3. If an employee’s work schedule encompasses four (4) or more hours on the holiday, the employee will be compensated in accordance with this Article. An employee shall receive compensation for only the observed or actual holiday, not both.
  3. Upon completion of six (6) months of the employee’s initial probationary period in State service, a full-time or part-time employee shall be entitled to one (1) personal holiday per fiscal year. Employees working part-time shall be entitled to the personal holiday, on a prorated basis in accordance with the chart shown in section 7.1(L). The personal holiday shall be credited to each full-time and part-time employee on the first day of July.
  4. The department head or designee may require five (5) days advance notice before a personal holiday is taken and may deny use subject to operational needs. When an employee is denied use of a personal holiday, the department head or designee may allow the employee to reschedule the personal holiday or shall, at the department’s discretion, allow the employee to either carry the personal holiday to the next fiscal year or cash out the holiday on a straight time (hour for hour) basis.
  5. The department head or designee shall make a reasonable effort to grant an employee use of the employee’s personal holiday on the day of the employee’s desire subject to operational need.
  6. An employee shall accrue eight (8) hours of holiday credit when an observed premium or regular holiday falls on the employee’s regularly scheduled day off and the employee is excused from work.
  7. When a full-time employee in Work Week Group 2 is required to work on a premium holiday, the employee shall receive eight (8) hours of holiday credit and one and one half (1½) the hourly rate for all hours worked on the observed holiday, compensable by holiday credit, cash or compensatory time off (CTO). The method of compensation shall be at the State’s discretion. The premium holidays to which this compensation applies are January 1, the last Monday in May, July 4, the first Monday in September, Thanksgiving Day, and December 25.
    1. Holiday premium pay, calculated at one and one-half (1½) times the applicable hourly rate for hours worked on January 1, last Monday in May, July 4, the first Monday in September, Thanksgiving Day and December 25, shall count towards any premium overtime compensation earned during the same workweek. Section K satisfies the provision of Article 19.2 Overtime.
    2. Notwithstanding subdivision B above, when a premium holiday falls on a Sunday and the employee is required to work on the Sunday, the employee shall be paid one and one-half (1½) times for all hours worked. Employees shall not receive one and one-half (1½) times for hours worked on the Monday following the Sunday holiday.

    When a full-time employee in Work Week Group 2 is required to work on a regular holiday, the employee shall receive eight (8) hours of holiday credit and the employee’s regular hourly rate for all hours worked on the observed holiday, compensable by holiday credit, cash or CTO. The method of compensation shall be at the State’s discretion. The holidays to which this compensation applies are the third Monday in January, the third Monday in February, March 31, November 11, and the day after Thanksgiving.

  8. Work Week Group E or SE Employees: If a full-time employee is required to work on a premium holiday, the employee shall receive eight (8) hours of holiday credit and four (4) hours of informal time off. The premium holidays to which this compensation applies are January 1, the last Monday in May, July 4, the first Monday in September, Thanksgiving Day and December 25.

    9. Work Week Group E or SE Employees: If a full-time employee is required to work on a regular holiday, the employee shall receive regular rate of pay and eight (8) hours of holiday credit. The regular holidays to which this compensation applies are the third Monday in January, the third Monday in February, March 31, November 11, and the day after Thanksgiving.

  9. When a part-time employee in Work Week Group 2 is required to work on a premium holiday, the employee shall receive a prorated amount of holiday credit as specified in the chart below and one and one half (1½) the hourly rate for all hours worked on the observed holiday, compensable by holiday credit, cash or CTO. The method of compensation shall be at the State’s discretion. The premium holidays to which this compensation applies are January 1, the last Monday in May, July 4, the first Monday in September, Thanksgiving Day and December 25.
  10. When a part-time employee in Work Week Group 2 is required to work on a regular holiday, the employee shall receive a prorated amount of holiday credit as specified in the chart below and the employee’s regular hourly rate for all hours worked on the observed holiday, compensable by holiday credit, cash or CTO. The method of compensation shall be at the State’s discretion. The holidays to which this compensation applies are the third Monday in January, the third Monday in February, March 31, November 11, and the day after Thanksgiving.
  11. Work Week Group E or SE Employees: If a part-time employee is required to work on a premium holiday, the employee shall receive a prorated amount of holiday credit as specified in the chart below and one (1) hour of informal time off for every two (2) hours worked. The premium holidays to which this compensation applies are January 1, the last Monday in May, July 4, the first Monday in September, Thanksgiving Day and December 25.
  12. Work Week Group E or SE Employees: If a part-time employee is required to work on a regular holiday, the employee shall receive regular rate of pay and a prorated amount of holiday credit as specified in the chart below. The regular holidays to which this compensation applies are the third Monday in January, the third Monday in February, March 31, November 11, and the day after Thanksgiving.
  13. Employees in Work Week Group 2 who are required to work overtime on a holiday shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of section 19.2.
  14. Employees shall receive compensation for holidays in accordance with the following:

    15. CHART FOR COMPUTING VACATION, SICK LEAVE, ANNUAL LEAVE AND HOLIDAY CREDITS FOR ALL FRACTIONAL TIME BASE EMPLOYEES …

    TIME BASE

    HOURS OF MONTHLY VACATION OR ANNUAL LEAVE CREDIT PER VACATION GROUP

    HOURS OF MONTHLY SICK HOLIDAY CREDIT
     

    7

    10

    11

    12

    13

    14

    16

    17

    18

    SL/HOL 8

    9/10

    6.30

    9.00

    9.90

    10.80

    11.70

    12.60

    14.40

    15.30

    16.20

    7.20

    7/10

    4.90

    7.00

    7.70

    8.40

    9.10

    9.80

    11.20

    11.90

    12.60

    5.60

    3/10

    2.10

    3.00

    3.30

    3.60

    3.90

    4.20

    4.80

    5.10

    5.40

    2.40

    1/10

    0.70

    1.00

    1.10

    1.20

    1.30

    1.40

    1.60

    1.70

    1.80

    0.80

    7/8

    6.13

    8.75

    9.63

    10.50

    11.38

    12.25

    14.00

    14.88

    15.75

    7.00

    3/4

    5.25

    7.50

    8.25

    9.00

    9.75

    10.50

    12.00

    12.75

    13.50

    6.00

    5/8

    4.38

    6.25

    6.88

    7.35

    8.13

    8.75

    10.00

    10.63

    11.25

    5.00

    1/2

    3.50

    5.00

    5.50

    6.00

    6.50

    7.00

    8.00

    8.50

    9.00

    4.00

    3/8

    2.63

    3.75

    4.13

    4.50

    4.88

    5.25

    6.00

    6.38

    6.75

    3.00

    1/4

    1.75

    2.50

    2.75

    3.00

    3.25

    3.50

    4.00

    4.25

    4.50

    2.00

    1/8

    0.88

    1.25

    1.38

    1.50

    1.63

    1.75

    2.00

    2.13

    2.25

    1.00

    4/5

    5.60

    8.00

    8.80

    9.60

    10.40

    11.20

    12.80

    13.60

    14.40

    6.40

    3/5

    4.20

    6.00

    6.60

    7.20

    7.80

    8.40

    9.60

    10.20

    10.80

    4.80

    2/5

    2.80

    4.00

    4.40

    4.80

    5.20

    5.60

    6.40

    6.80

    7.20

    3.20

    1/5

    1.40

    2.00

    2.20

    2.40

    2.60

    2.80

    3.20

    3.40

    3.60

    1.60
  15. Holiday credit may be requested and taken in fifteen (15) minute increments.
  16. An employee shall be allowed to carry over unused holiday credits or be paid for the unused holiday credits, at the discretion of the department head or designee.
  17. Upon termination from State employment, an employee shall be paid for unused holiday credit.
  18. In the event that traditional, but unofficial holidays (e.g., Mother’s Day, Father’s Day), or religious holidays (e.g., Easter or Yom Kippur) fall on an employee’s scheduled workday, the employee shall have the option to request the use of annual leave, accrued vacation, holiday credits, personal leave or CTO time, in order to secure the day off. The department head or designee shall make a reasonable effort to grant an employee the day off subject to operational need.

7.2.20 Holidays – State Special Schools (Residential Counselors and Night Attendants) (Unit 20)

This section applies only to the Residential Counselors and Night Attendants at the State Special Schools, California Department of Education.

An employee regularly scheduled to work more than eight (8) hours on a day which is a State holiday and which is observed by the school the employee works at shall be allowed, at the employee’s request, to work the hours that are in excess of eight (8) hours on another day(s) within the same workweek.

Management retains the right to schedule the hour(s) and day(s) on which the employee will work when the employee exercises this option.