Common use of Optional Holidays Clause in Contracts

Optional Holidays. This shall mean any consecutive eight (8) hour working day during the fiscal year selected by an employee and approved by their department head. Selection of the Optional Holiday by the employee shall be requested at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date requested, except in cases of emergency and for special circumstances that would require immediate approval by the department head. Any employee who has requested, in writing, their optional holiday within the prescribed time frames, and had it denied due to departmental workload constraints, shall be paid for that day in the first pay period following the end of the fiscal year. Unit 3 employees shall receive one additional optional holiday per fiscal year in lieu of County designating specific date. Unit 3 will also have an additional optional holiday added at the completion of 10 years of continuous service and 20,800 work hours and at the completion of 15 years of continuous service and 31,200 work hours.

Optional Holidays. This shall mean any consecutive eight (8) hour working day during the fiscal year selected by an employee and approved by their department head. Selection of the Optional Holiday by the employee shall be requested at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date requested, except in cases of emergency and for special circumstances that would require immediate approval by the department head. Any employee who has requested, in writing, their optional holiday within the prescribed time frames, and had it denied due to departmental workload constraints, shall be paid for that day in the first pay period following the end of the fiscal year. Unit 3 Units 4, 5, 6 & 8 employees shall receive one additional optional holiday per fiscal year in lieu of County designating specific date. Unit 3 Units 4, 5, 6 & 8 will also have an additional optional holiday added at the completion of 10 years of continuous service and 20,800 work hours and at the completion of 15 years of continuous service and 31,200 work hours.