ARTICLE 14
HOLIDAYS
Part-Time Employees:
Part -time employees will receive a day’s pay at their regular straight time rate for the
below holidays. For accrual purposes, a "holiday" for part-time employees means a day
of their normal weekly work schedule. The holidays are:
NEW YEAR'S DAY LABOR DAY CHRISTMAS DAY
MEMORIAL DAY VETERANS DAY
FOURTH OF JULY THANKSGIVING DAY
Full-Time Employees:
Full-time employees will receive a day's pay at their regular straight time rate for the
below holidays. For accrual purposes, a “holiday” for full-time employees means an
eight (8) hour day for 40-hour a week employees.. Full-time employees are eligible to
receive twelve (12) holidays per year, plus the Presidential Election Day (every fourth
year).
Standard Holidays: Nine (9) of the holidays are the same from year to year. The eight
standard holidays are:
NEW YEAR'S DAY INDEPENDENCE DAY VETERANS DAY
CIVIL RIGHTS DAY LABOR DAY THANKSGIVING
DAY
MEMORIAL DAY COLUMBUS DAY CHRISTMAS DAY
Floating Holidays:
Three (3) holidays are determined by the Board of Police Commissioners or the Chief of
Police in January of each year.
Holiday Policies:
A. In order to qualify for holiday pay, full-time and part-time employees who
are off-duty on the day of the holiday, must have worked their last
scheduled duty day prior to the holiday and the first scheduled duty day
after the holiday, or been absent on authorized leave on either or both of
these days. “Authorized leave" is defined as an occupational injury,
