R477-7-2. Holiday Leave

(1) The following dates are paid holidays for eligible employees: (a) New Year's Day -- January 1; (b) Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day -- third Monday of January; (c) Presidents' Day -- third Monday of February; (d) Memorial Day -- last Monday of May; (e) Juneteenth -- June 19; (f) Independence Day -- July 4; (g) Pioneer Day -- July 24; (h) Labor Day -- first Monday of September; (i) Columbus Day -- second Monday of October; (j) Veterans' Day -- November 11; (k) Thanksgiving Day -- fourth Thursday of November; (l) Christmas Day -- December 25; and (m) any other day designated as a paid holiday by the Governor. (2) If a holiday falls or is observed on a regularly scheduled day off, management shall grant an eligible employee equivalent time off or pay. (a) If a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as a holiday. (b) If a holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday. (3) If an employee is required to work on an observed holiday, management shall grant the employee appropriate holiday leave or pay. (4) Management may not grant holiday pay to a new hire before the employee is in a paid status. (5) Management may not grant holiday pay to a separating employee unless the employee is in a paid status on or after the holiday.