lorain county general health district employee personnel

4.1 Holidays
The legal holidays which are to be observed by the staff of the Lorain County
General Health District are as follows:
NEW YEARS DAY
FIRST DAY OF JANUARY
MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY THIRD MONDAY OF JANUARY
PRESIDENT=S DAY
THIRD MONDAY OF FEBRUARY
MEMORIAL DAY
LAST MONDAY OF MAY
INDEPENDENCE DAY
FOURTH DAY OF JULY
LABOR DAY
FIRST MONDAY OF SEPTEMBER
COLUMBUS DAY (Selected Staff) SECOND MONDAY OF OCTOBER
VETERAN=S DAY (Selected Staff) ELEVENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER
THANKSGIVING DAY
FOURTH THURSDAY OF NOVEMBER
THANKSGIVING FRIDAY
DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING
CHRISTMAS DAY
TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF DECEMBER
NEW YEARS EVE DAY (2 Day) THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER
HOLIDAY BONUS DAY
Designated by Health Commissioner
PERSONAL DAY (Full-time staff only) Selected by employee, requires division
Director approval and a minimum of 48
hours notice.
Primary and general election days are not legal holidays.
If the holiday falls on a Sunday, it will be observed on the following Monday; if it falls
on a Saturday, it will be observed on the preceding Friday.
In observance of each of the above holidays, an employee will normally be granted
the day off from work with straight time pay. If a holiday occurs while an employee is on
vacation or sick leave, such holiday will not be charged against that employee=s vacation or
sick leave balance.
When an employee who is eligible for overtime compensation is required to work on
a holiday, he or she shall receive additional compensation at the rate of one and one-half (1
2) times his or her normal rate of pay for all hours worked on that holiday. Alternatively,
the employee may elect to take compensatory time off at the same rate for hours worked
on that holiday.
The PERSONAL DAY holiday must be taken during the calendar year and may not
be accumulated from year to year. To qualify for a personal day in any given year, an
employee must be employed full-time by June 30th.
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