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known as Holiday Leave. Subject to the rules governing the granting of

annual leave, an employee should be given the opportunity to exhaust such

time, prior to severance from service.
(c) The following holidays will be observed by all employees within this

unit eligible to observe holidays unless otherwise specified by mutual
agreement between the parties:

1. New Year’s Day 7. Labor Day
2. Martin Luther King Day 8. Columbus Day

3. Lincoln’s Birthday 9. Election Day
4. Washington’s Birthday 10. Veterans Day

5. Memorial Day 11. Thanksgiving Day
6. Independence Day 12. Christmas Day

(d) The State, at its option, may designate up to two floating holidays in
a contract year (April-March) in lieu of two of the holidays set forth in

Article 10.2(c), such that employees shall have the opportunity to select,
on an individual basis, the dates upon which such floating holidays will be

observed by them, consistent with the reasonable operating needs of the
State.

In April of each contract year, the State shall provide notice to employees
of the designation of holidays to be floated in that contract year.

Floating holiday leave credits may be used in such units of time as the
appointing authority may approve, but the appointing authority shall not

require that floating holiday leave credits be used in minimum units greater
than one-quarter hour. This provision shall not supercede any local

arrangements which provide for liquidation in smaller units of time.

(e) When December 25 and January 1 fall on Sundays and are observed
as State holidays on the following Mondays, employees whose work
schedule includes December 25 and/or January 1 shall observe the holiday

on those dates, or if required to work, may receive additional compensation

or compensatory time off in accordance with Section 7.16 of this
Agreement. In such event, for those employees, December 26 and January

2 will not be considered holidays.
Consistent with the General Construction Law and the Attendance Rules

for the Classified Service, any of the above holidays which fall on Sunday
shall be observed on the following Monday.

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