Holidays

SWVEMS will grant holiday time off to all employees on the holidays listed below:

* Lee-Jackson Day (second Friday in January)

* New Year's Day (January 1)

* Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (third Monday in January)

* Presidents' Day (third Monday in February)

* Good Friday

* Memorial Day (last Monday in May)

* Independence Day (July 4)

* Labor Day (first Monday in September)

* Columbus Day (second Monday in October)

* Veterans' Day (November 11)

* Thanksgiving (fourth Thursday in November)

* Day after Thanksgiving

* Christmas Eve (December 24)

* Christmas (December 25)

* Other days designated by the Council Board of Directors

* Other days designated by the Governor of Virginia or the President of the United States

SWVEMS will grant paid holiday time off to all eligible employees immediately upon assignment to an eligible employment classification. Holiday pay will be calculated based on the employee's straight-time pay rate (as of the date of the holiday) times the number of hours the employee would otherwise have worked on that day. Eligible employee classification(s):

* Regular full-time employees

* Introductory full-time employees

A recognized holiday that falls on a Saturday will be observed on the preceding Friday. A recognized holiday that falls on a Sunday will be observed on the following Monday.

If a recognized holiday falls during an eligible employee's paid absence (such as paid time off), holiday pay will be provided instead of the paid time off benefit that would otherwise have applied.

If eligible nonexempt employees work on a recognized holiday, they will receive holiday pay plus wages at their straight-time rate for the hours worked on the holiday. Prior approval to work on a scheduled holiday must be obtained from the employee's supervisor or the Executive Director.

Paid time off for holidays will not be counted as hours worked for the purposes of determining overtime.

Policy No.  305  Issued  5/1/2007  Applicable  5/1/2007