Common use of Eligibility for Holidays Clause in Contracts

Eligibility for Holidays. A. All employees are eligible for holiday pay from their first day of employment. B. Holiday pay shall be equal to eight hours paid at the employee’s regular base hourly rate of pay for each designated holiday specified in Section 1 above. C. An employee on paid authorized leave during a period in which a holiday falls shall be considered on paid holiday leave for that day, except as otherwise provided in this Article. D. An employee shall not be granted holiday pay for designated holidays which occur during an approved unpaid leave of absence. If a designated holiday immediately precedes or follows the approved unpaid leave of absence, the employee must work or be on authorized paid leave the regularly scheduled workday preceding or following the holiday, whether scheduled to work on the holiday or not, to be eligible to receive holiday pay. E. An employee on unauthorized leave or suspension without pay the regularly scheduled workday before a holiday falls if not scheduled to work on the holiday, or if on unauthorized leave or suspension on the holiday if scheduled to work on that day, shall not be paid for the holiday. F. If an employee is unable to work on a designated holiday which had been scheduled as a day of work, he will be paid holiday pay for that day but may not also use sick leave pay, vacation, personal leave, or other paid time-off benefits for the same day. G. For those employees not assigned to the patrol division as shift personnel, all hours granted as holiday pay in a week shall be considered as hours actually worked in computing overtime for that week. For employees assigned to the patrol division as shift personnel, hours granted as holiday pay shall not be considered hours actually worked for purposes of computing overtime. H. Regular part-time employees shall earn holiday pay prorated according to paid regular hours in the preceding year in comparison to holidays granted to regular full-time employees.