2.32.420 Holidays.
A. All Borough employees, excluding temporaries and casuals, shall be entitled to the holidays listed below with pay. The maximum holiday pay/benefit is eight hours. For purposes of computing holiday pay, the average number of hours worked each week during the last 28 days (prior four full weeks), working backwards from the Sunday prior to the week in which the holiday occurs, shall be deemed to be the “regularly scheduled work week.” Employees who observe the holiday shall receive their current hourly wage rate for one-fifth of the total number of hours in their regularly scheduled work week.
1. New Year’s Day (January 1st);
2. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday (third Monday in January);
3. Presidents’ Day (third Monday in February);
4. Seward’s Day (last Monday in March);
5. Memorial Day (last Monday in May);
6. Independence Day (July 4th);
7. Labor Day (first Monday in September);
8. Alaska Day (October 18th);
9. Veterans Day (November 11th);
10. Thanksgiving Days (fourth Thursday and following Friday in November);
11. Christmas Eve (December 24th) and Christmas Day (December 25th).
B. If any of the above holidays fall on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as the holiday. If any such holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as the holiday.
C. Legal holidays may be adjusted by the Borough Mayor to conform with holiday dates observed by the state of Alaska or federal government.
D. With the exception of appointed, executive/administrative/professional and casual employees, those employees who are scheduled to work on a recognized holiday shall be compensated in accordance with FNSBC 2.32.410; provided, however, the employee works or is otherwise in a full pay status both the day preceding and the day after the recognized holiday.
E. Holidays which occur during a properly approved leave shall not be charged to leave time.
F. When a holiday falls on an employee’s regularly scheduled day off, either the last workday preceding the holiday or the next working day subsequent to the holiday shall be considered as a holiday for pay purposes. In such cases, the holiday stipulated in subsection (A) of this section shall be considered a regular workday. Part-time employees not scheduled to work on the holiday will be compensated for the holiday, not given another day off. Employees who are scheduled to work on a holiday weekend where the facility is closed will observe the holiday on the recognized holiday.
G. Appointed and managerial/professional employees are not entitled to holiday premium time should they be required to work on a holiday, but may qualify for compensatory time. (Ord. 2021-36 § 3, 2021; Ord. 2018-13 §§ 10, 11, 2018; Ord. 2015-34 §§ 14, 15, 2015; Ord. 2012-39 § 9, 2012; Ord. 2009-28 §§ 20, 21, 22, 2009; Ord. 2003-58 § 17, 2003; Ord. 2002-62 § 2, 2002; Ord. 98-009 § 14, 1998; Ord. 94-050 § 4, 1994; Ord. 86-017 § 16, 1986; Ord. 84-102 § 2, 1985. 2004 Code § 2.24.401.)